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TIL Some People Base Romantic Compatibility on Blood Type

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D16pP TIL Riding shotgun was a Wild West expression used for the person who rides next to the driver of a stagecoach for protection against bandits.
oRNGo TIL Scientists study hibernating bears to understand their physiology to improve treatments for osteoporosis, muscle loss (from aging or cancer), diabetes, and/or inducing a near hibernation state for human space travel.
x0kw TIL: The Boondock Saints has one of the most discrepant audience (91%) to critic (20%) ratings on rotten tomatoes
Q6va TIL Samosas were banned in Somalia because vendors were stuffing them with cat meat
XmbR TIL that Teddy Roosevelt once backed a bill to import Hippopotamuses into the U.S to produce meat to solve the American meat crisis in 1910. The American Hippo bill nearly passed, but fell one vote short.