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TIL of the ‘Bodybuilding Village’ in India, a small town of 3500 men who all train 6 hours a day and eat nothing but eggs, milk and bananas to get big and strong.

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BrAQk TIL that hippos, despite their large shape and short legs, can run at a maximum speed of 30 mph (48 kmph). Essentially outrunning humans.
GYEPE TIL Pumpkins evolved to be eaten by wooly mammoths and giant sloths. Pumpkins would likely be extinct today if ancient humans hadn't conserved them.
4kbQR TIL budgie brains process speech in a similar manner as humans, which is why they can have such prolific vocabularies
VPbQ TIL for several years, “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek’s “breakfast of champions” consisted of a Snickers and a Diet Pepsi. After his nutritionist reprimanded his routine, he switched his meals accordingly; he replaced them with Milky Way bars and Diet Cokes.
JgW4 TIL there is a “Flying Squid” that has “been observed to cover distances as long as 50 m above the surface of the water uniquely utilizing jet-propelled aerial locomotion.”