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TIL that Singapore’s street food is so good that some street vendors are awarded Michelin stars for their food!

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6n9Y TIL That the IRS has tax rules about how to claim your child as a dependent if they have been kidnapped.
4XYMX TIL: Many scientists believe that the biggest difference between us and chimpanzees is not our logical intelligence, but our social intelligence and our drive to socialize with other people.
8kK8 TIL a Canadian Non-Profit organization began teaching Vancouver-area alcoholics how to brew their own beer and make wine in an effort to keep them from drinking alternate sources of alcohol, like rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, and hand sanitizer
6Edxw TIL that Jet of Iada, a rescue dog, saved over 150 people from blitzed buildings during WWII. He died in 1949, after which a memorial to him was built near his grave. In 2016, a ceremony honoring Jet's birthday at the memorial was attended by his owner, Lilias Ward, who was 93 years old.
bppa TIL a botched embalming job on Pope Pius XII (died 1958) caused his body to rapidly decompose while laying in state. The Vatican Swiss guards guarding the body had to be changed every 10 minutes because the awful smell caused some of them to pass out.