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TIL that Hawaii has no squirrels.
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TIL that in 1787 a man was hanged for deserting and re-enlisting in the British Army 47 times, in order to get the large bounty obtained upon joining the army.
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TIL that "semi-slugs" exist. Their shells are not completely absent but are also not large enough to provide a shelter to hide in. There are also about 1,000 known species of semi-slugs, while there are 500 known species of "normal" slugs.
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TIL Brutus the Barber recounted a tale that Andre the Giant once had an emergency BM on a flight to Tokyo. Being too big to use the toilet, the crew improvised with a trash bag for him to use in a pinch but the smell filled the cabin leading to people puking, crying and falling out of seats.
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TIL Chess grandmasters can lose 10 pounds and burn 6,000 calories just by sitting
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TIL Cross circulation where a second human (usually they patient's father) was used as a heart bypass 'machine' was used for the first surgeries to fix congenital heart defects in children.