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TIL Ball’s Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world.

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7ddr TIL The porcupine is the only native North American mammal with antibiotics in its skin. Those antibiotics prevent infection when a porcupine falls out of a tree and is stuck with its own quills
9YwAQ Ugh. You’re up an hour early, your body hates you for it, and even a gallon of coffee can’t get your day on track. Daylight saving sucks. But you know the worst part? It doesn’t have to be like this.
lo4K1 TIL that the bitter/sour taste in Hershey’s chocolate is from a chemical called butyric acid. The same chemical is responsible for giving vomit its rancid taste.
rNnM1 TIL about Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, an Uzbek actress and one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without a burqa on. She became the victim of an honor killing in 1929.
9Y9e6 TIL Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde would often kidnap people, but drop them off with enough money to get home. After they found out one kidnap victim was an undertaker Bonnie laughed and said he would likely work on her body one day. He did exactly that.