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TIL that Eggshells are edible and are used for Calcium supplements

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GAxO5 TIL that in 1875, a whiskey warehouse fire in Dublin led to 13 deaths—not from the flames, but from alcohol poisoning, as people drank the whiskey flowing through the streets.
W7oV8 TIL Feral cats on Guadalupe Island have been observed stealing milk from Elephant seals. The cats sneak up on a nursing pup and and bat at them until the pup retreats, atwhich point the cat licks up the milk from the mother's teat. Some cats have been chased off by elephant seals.
JXe4 TIL The Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge, abandoning his passenger who drowned. He did not report the incident for nine hours
x6AkB Today I learned how to shuffle cards. (Bridge Shuffle)
Nvx1 TIL that humans have an innate circadian rhythm of 25 hours when external cues are removed, as opposed to earth’s 24 hour days. One day on Mars is 25 hours.