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TIL that Utah is considered a sanctuary state by the ICE

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XE9y6 TIL elephants rarely get cancer because they have extra copies of two cancer-fighting genes: P53, which hunts for cells with miscopied DNA, and LIF6, which obliterates the mutated cells before they can form a tumor.
D1Q5e A lion’s mane will change color in accordance with its nutrition level and overall well-being; a male lion with a darker mane tends to be healthier and have higher testosterone levels. As a result, lionesses find lions with darker manes more attractive.
4ARN TIL Croissants are not French, they are Austrian
XE4Gj TIL That Marvel comics 'forgot' to credit writer Harlan Ellison for using one of his stories in the Incredible Hulk comic. Harlan could have successfully sued them, but settled for a normal writer's fee and a lifetime subscription to everything Marvel published.
x60b7 TIL in 2020 sugar sweetened beverages were estimated to have caused 80,278 deaths due to type 2 diabetes and 257,962 deaths from cardiovascular disease