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TIL that badgers aren’t a single type of animal. It’s a name applied to about 20 animals in the skunk and weasel families that have squat bodies and like to dig.

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nvLP TIL Wikitravel specifically warns visitors to Kazakhstan not to mention Borat.
WwV8 TIL men’s hesitance towards promiscuous women (in considering a meaningful relationship) is not based on the woman’s previous sexual behavior itself, but on the fear of being fooled and taken advantage of.
xVLgw TIL in 2008, Jeremy Clarkson published his bank details in his Sun newspaper column to prove nobody could take money from his account. Somebody then donated £500 to a Diabetes charity from his account.
kJZyW TIL that the teeth of the sea snail is the strongest biological material discovered to date
NY8J TIL that gun laws in Japan are so strict that even when a police officer killed himself with one he was still charged.