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Jul 14, 2020

TIL of Felis nigripes: the African Black-footed Cat, aka "the deadliest cat on earth", weighing in at under 5 lbs. It kills 10 - 14 rodents or birds per night to satisfy its accelerated metabolism. The Black-footed Cat has a kill rate of 60%, whereas a lion's kill rate is about 25%.

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Jul 12, 2020

TIL elephants rarely get cancer, thanks to an extra cancer-fighting gene called P53. This gene recognizes dangerous cells and killing them before they become cancerous.

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Jul 05, 2020

TIL that cheetahs are so instinctively shy animals, especially in captivity, that they even fail to procreate. And so for years, conservationists have been giving cheetahs emotional support dogs who are raised with them and help them socialise and reduce anxiety.

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Jun 17, 2020

TIL that the distance from the top of Africa to the bottom (5000 miles) is the same distance as London to Beijing, China (5055 miles). Senegal in west Africa is closer to Jamaica across the Atlantic than Somalia in east Africa.

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May 31, 2020

TIL There’s a newly discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species called Hippocampus Nalu—nalu referring to “here it is” since it was known to locals prior to its scientific discovery

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May 22, 2020

TIL the Nigerian government has removed history from the secondary school curriculum as a result of the Nigerian civil war (the biafran war) being too controversial, where the Nigerian government blockaded and starved 3 million people to death.

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Apr 06, 2020

TIL that the first battle of WWI consisted of a British ship firing a single shot at a German ship on Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) in Africa, and taking the captain "prisoner." The two captains had been drinking buddies for years, and weren't about to let the war ruin it.

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Mar 29, 2020

TIL - Elephants are one of the few species on Earth with ‘Death Rituals’, whereby the herd will gather around the dead, cover the body and mourn the death. They have also been known to revisit the bones of the dead, sometimes years after the death.

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Mar 25, 2020

TIL Scientists discovered what they think are the world's oldest biological colours - they are bright pink. The pigments were discovered after researchers crushed 1.1billion year old rocks in the marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert.

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Jan 21, 2020

TIL that just 10 percent of world military spending would probably be sufficient to end poverty and hunger

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Oct 31, 2019

TIL about Seretse Khama, a Botswana monarch who was exiled after marrying a white woman. After his return as a private citizen, he started an independence movement, became a president and led Botswana to prosperity.

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Oct 30, 2019

TIL that a team in Tanzania is training giant rats to spot Tuberculosis in human spit. The rats can test 100 samples in 10 to 20 minutes: a human with a microscope takes 4 days to test the same number. The same species is also used to detect landmines.

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Oct 30, 2019

TIL that ants have designated paramedics that are assigned to rescue their wounded soldiers, carry them back to their nest and help them heal by gently holding the hurt limb in place with their mandibles and front legs while intensely “licking” the wound for up to 4 minutes.

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Sep 30, 2019

TIL: British Navy officers play Britney Spears songs to scare off Somali pirates. The rationale of playing these songs is because, supposedly, Somali pirates have a strong dislike for western culture and music, which make Britney Spears’ songs a perfect fit to make them move on quickly.

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Apr 22, 2019

TIL Bananas are going extinct due to a untreatable fungus breakout that's spreading around the world

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Apr 12, 2019

TIL one unofficial method of defending merchant vessels against Somali pirates is to blast Britney Spears music. And it has been reported to be effective.

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Apr 09, 2019

TIL A maximum-security prison in Uganda has a soccer league (run and played by prisoners), with an annual soccer tournament. The tournament is taken very seriously; they have a uniforms, referees, cleats, and a 30-page constitution. The winning team gets prizes such as soap, sugar, and a goat.

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