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TIL that cats are lactose intolerant

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R5Vol TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation
LQdYP TIL a Costa Rican fisherman once nursed a crocodile back to health after it was shot in the head. The reptile, named 'Pocho', was released back into the wild but followed the man home and slept on his porch. For the next 20 years, Pocho became a part of the man's family.
x6BRk TIL that Polio is one of only two diseases currently the subject of a global eradication program, the other being Guinea worm disease. So far, the only diseases completely eradicated by humankind are smallpox, declared eradicated in 1980, and rinderpest, declared eradicated in 2011.
KBgR TIL when Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, reporters asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.”
4kr4R TIL The Apollo 15 crew were dehydrated and had severe potassium deficiencies as a result of lunar surface operations. To prevent this in future missions, Eugene Kranz spiked astronaut John Young’s orange juice with potassium