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TIL that "Hydrophobia" is often mistaken with "Aquaphobia" and that true Hydrophobia is a symptom of a human rabies infection.

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X5MP TIL that rats will help out a comrade in need. Through testing a two rats, one restrained and one free, researchers found that rats experience emotion beyond emotional contagion. Even going as far to conquer their immobilizing fear and helping another rat in distress.
e47L TIL Fewer people are killed in the U.S. with all rifles including “assault rifles” each year than with shotguns, hammers & clubs, and hands & feet. (2007-2011 Chart)
b6kQQ TIL in 2015, former Director of Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan had his email breached by a teenager through calling Verizon's customer support and pretending to be a Verizon technician
P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.
oyn7 TIL a man in Taiwan was mauled by a lion after he jumped into their enclosure with a bible in an attempt to convert them to Christianity.