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TIL there is a snail species named after Steve Irwin called the Crikey Steveirwini.

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M7eEV TIL The American Dental Association supports chewing sugarless gum since it increases salivary volume and flow, thus protecting against cavities.
LNAp TIL There is a vigilante group of women in India whose mission includes beating up abusive husbands.
KJGJ TIL The CDC has an actual “Zombie Plan” in place. It was started as a joke campaign, but actually evolved into real training and countermeasures because “if you’re well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack
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lVPG TIL Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics, which is about happiness and what makes life worth living, was only published for the first time in a modern language in 2011