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TIL that Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and his wife Terri didn’t wear wedding rings because they feared it may pose a risk for themselves or the animals they worked with

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DQAOp TIL A 1965 study on social isolation in monkeys reported that while no monkeys died during the isolation, 1 of 6 monkeys isolated for 3 months refused to eat after release and died 5 days later. A 2nd animal refused to eat and would have died had they not resorted to forced feeding.
YpNmd TIL picky eating is caused by genes, neurological issues and breast milk
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”
LkZBd TIL that Betsy Ross didn’t actually make the first American flag in 1776. It was a story made up by her grandson, 100 years later.
OVga TIL: When the first and only US Space Station SkyLab crashed semi-controlled in Australia scattering debris in the state of Shire of Esperance, NASA got fined by Australian authorities 400$ for littering.