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TIL Corn based diets turn hamsters into cannibals.

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LQk4m TIL that people who attempted suicide at a young age are seven times more likely to die of a heart attack before age 40
OoMRg TIL The world's oldest known wild bird is Wisdom the Laysan albatross. At 67 years old she is still laying viable eggs and raising chicks. Wisdom has outlived several mates and raised anywhere from 30 to 35 chicks.
grBpW TIL: Mars bars are made of 60 percent sugar.
D1VJJ Til that humans and cats have identical brain regions for emotion
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.