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TIL the slow loris is the world’s only venomous primate; it sucks the venom from a patch in it’s elbow before giving a lethal bite.

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1apVr TIL the founder of Herbalife died after overdosing on non-herbal sleep aids
NXQLM TIL Chocolate sheet cakes and mixes, and the nominally-chocolate dark wafers in Oreos, taste so different than other common chocolate foods because they use black cocoa. Black cocoa is created by a different process than natural or Dutch-processed cocoa, which results in a very unique taste.
Zp8BY TIL that through contact with Indonesian people, some Aboriginal peoples in Northern Australia have adapted elements of Islam into their native religion, including Allah himself as a funerary deity
woo46 TIL the author J.D. Salinger was a Sergeant in the US Fourth Infantry Division in WWII. He landed in the second wave at Utah Beach on D-Day, carrying a draft of "The Catcher in the Rye" with him there and through several battles, and at the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.
wo5W8 TIL: That The U.S. Department of Energy has set the maximum shelf life for gasoline at six months when stored properly. With that said, most experts agree that as long as fuel is kept fresh and free of contaminants, it can last up to three years.