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TIL that Obesity Doubles a Person’s Chances of Suffering from Migraines

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yQVlM TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
yQll8 Today I learned the Royal Family was subject to post World War II rationing rules like the rest of the country. The fabric used for Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown was paid for with clothing ration coupons.
rNlLy TIL the Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem quality rough diamond ever found was sent from South Africa to the UK by registered post, while a fake was conspicuously shipped in a safe guarded by detectives.
GY9d1 TIL that dolphins get high off puffer fish by holding the fish in their mouths and passing it around between them, causing the fish to release defense toxins which are euphoric in low doses. After they get high, they let the puffer fish go.
E1KDV TIL that the Doberman was bred to protect a hated tax collector.