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TIL that 31% of India's population is vegeterian, by far the highest rate in the world. India has more vegeterians than the rest of the world put together.

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4kaQ6 TIL most U.S. states have a state fossil, with the first two officially designated in 1967.
wLr06 TIL of Ken Banks, a Queensland man who set up a "retirement home" for birds who outlive their owners, at one count housing at least 1,600 birds including a cockatoo in its 90s. He prefers not to sell birds but rather swap with breeders or give birds to people after teaching how to care for them.
v1oeD TIL about Sir Upendranath Brahmachari, who saved millions of lives by developing a cure for Kala-Azar in 1920's. He was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in medicine but is not recognized by the government and the people
Z8mWR TIL When you are full after a meal, you may feel like there is still space for dessert because sweet foods stimulate a reflex which expands the stomach
ELpX TIL that Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest