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TIL that the Italian city of Monza banned goldfish in bowls because the shape of the bowl gives the fish "a distorted sense of reality"

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r7gy TIL humans have a relatively low level of genetic variation because we are all descendants of ~10,000 humans that survived a massive extinction event ~70,000 years ago. One tribe y'all.
GAeEj TIL the current Dalai Lama was formally recognized in 1939 and has reigned since 1940
GYNnE TIL bed headboards were first used to keep sleepers warm and were constructed to create space from the wall to allow falling colder air to sink to the floor rather than onto the bed.
kOdVE TIL Holding your breath too long hurts not because you are oxygen deprived, but because too much carbon dioxide has built up in your blood.
Ool0g TIL there is a building in Dubai called the Torch that caught fire three times between 2015 and 2019.