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TIL 70% of celullar network traffic in Bangladesh is missed calls

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BrYBd TIL the country dial-code of the Czech Republic is 420 and the rate of cannabis use there is one of the highest in the world. In 2016, Snoop Dogg was a contestant on The $100,000 Pyramid, and replied without delay that the country code for the Czech Republic is 420.
lVma TIL When painting the Mona Lisa,“to keep his subject relaxed and entertained, Da Vinci had six musicians to play for her and installed a musical fountain invented by himself. Different, beautiful works were read out loud and a white Persian cat and a greyhound bitch were there for playing with.”
D08p TIL Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas worried kids may see his success as a high school dropout an excuse to do the same, so he went back to high school to earn his GED decades later.
4bQb TIL Male ferrets can’t be separated from the female after penetration until they decide to do so, due to their hooked penis. Females will die in heat if they go too long without sex.
D1P8v TIL that biologists went to Bikini Atoll a year after the nuclear tests, caught a fish, held it up to photograph paper, and took an x-ray image using rays coming from inside the fish.