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TIL Saudi Arabia takes as much water it wants from Arizona for free

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9wPp6 TIL the tendency of teens to be night owls and the elderly to be early birds is an evolutionary safety feature, so at least one person is awake at almost all times
e06wJ TIL that in 1997, a poacher wounded a tiger and stole part of its kill. The tiger found the poacher's cabin, destroyed his belongings, waited at least half a day for him to return, then killed and ate him.
mx7Mx TIL about the extinct Antarctic wolf, which was the only land mammal native to the Falkland Islands and was so tame that "it was possible to lure the animal with a chunk of meat held in one hand, and kill it with a knife held in the other"
BX1x TIL J.B.S. Haldane, in order to find out about the effects of pH on the body, drank hydrochloric acid and sat in an atmosphere of 6-7% carbon dioxide
Jyy8 TIL There was an amusement park in Vernon, NJ that was so unsafe being injured was considered part of the experience. The Alpine Slide alone produced 14 broken bones, 26 head injuries, and 1 fatality.