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TIL giant pandas can survive on bamboo only because of gut bacteria

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0gK1 Til: There is a peelable banana popsicle… that is grape flavoured
mxpy TIL that every president ever assassinated has tried to either put U.S. Dollar notes into circulation or end the private banking systems in the U.S.
ZpVg4 TIL about Whipping Tom of 1681, a nickname given to a serial spanker in London. He would wait for an unaccompanied woman, grab her, lift her dress and slap her buttocks whiles shouting "Spanko!" before fleeing. Vigilantes would dress in women's clothing and patrol the areas he was known to operate.
R55x6 TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.
nWjer TIL language can affect how we perceive color. This was studied in the Himbas tribe, who have a measurably difficult time distinguishing between blue and green, because they use the same word to categorize both.