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TIL that bird milk “contains more protein and fat than does cow or human milk.” 🕊️

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wLab8 TIL that "bull," meaning falsehood or nonsense, predates "bullshit" by centuries, and has no etymological connection to the word for male cattle.
QNDOd TIL Taliban leader Mullah Omar lived close to US bases when he was one of the most wanted men in the world
b60jE TIL to get a visa for Kuwait you need a chest x-ray and women also a pregnancy test
nWdb7 TIL the whistleblower of the Olympus Scandal, aka "one of the biggest and longest-running loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history", was Olympus' own CEO, Michael Christopher Woodford. He was fired after repeatedly questioning suspicious transactions and involving external auditors.
lo0aV TIL about misophonia; a recently proven brain abnormality which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated pen-clicking (as well as other trigger noises).