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TIL Corn based diets turn hamsters into cannibals.

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0wZ6j TIL of a Brazilian cannibal couple that killed two women and sold their flesh stuffed in meat pies for unsuspecting people in the city
JYvpQ TIL of Tek Sing often referred to as "Titanic of the East". Happening 90 years before the Titanic went down, the Tek Sing was overloaded with cargo and also carried 1,600 emigrants, akin to the Titanic they were low on lifeboats from the start. Less than 190 people were rescued.
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