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Today I learned there are otters that can get to almost 6ft tall and eat piranhas.

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yVlg8 TIL State-sponsored cannibalism was common during Safavid Persia as a show of loyalty or to terrorize enemies. Ismail I ordered several of his enemies eaten. By the time of Shah Abbas I, there was a corp of soldiers called the Chigiyyin whose job was to eat prisoners raw and alive until they died.
5YYmP TIL A World War II veteran reunited with his wartime girlfriend after losing contact for 72 years
BgJwD TIL Dennis Farina started acting at 44
ZgD4 TIL Chris Pratt is that guy in ‘Wanted’ who gets hit by a keyboard and the flying keys/tooth spell “Fuck you”
x6b5b TIL That the functional sleeve buttons on suit jackets nowadays trace their origins back to military surgeons as they would unbutton their sleeves to perform surgery to avoid staining their sleeves when attending to patients. Hence the apt term “Surgeon Cuffs”.