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TIL that early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.

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LkXnm TIL about the world's smallest feline, the Rusty Spotted Cat. It has been known of for a while but very rarely filmed.
jNvpp TIL that, contrary to popular belief, depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in one's brain. Instead, it occurs due to a combination of many factors, including faulty mood regulation, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, or medical problems.
GYW6Q TIL At no point in recorded history was there a discrepancy on whether the earth was flat or round. People accepted the earth as round as science evolved.
QJPMd TIL when Reagan was shot, HW Bush as Vice President was advised by his aides to proceed directly to the White House by helicopter as an image of the government still functioning. Bush rejected the idea, responding, "Only the President lands on the South Lawn."
0Xnv TIL:A man injected himself with snake venom during most of his adult life to build up an immunity to a array of venomous snakes. He lived to age 100, and survived a reported 172 snake bites. He donated his blood to be used in treating snake-bite victims when a suitable anti-venom was not available.