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TIL Kangatarianism is a vegetarian diet with the addition of kangaroo meat as a choice. It has environmental benefits because indigenous wild kangaroos require no extra land or water for farming and produce little methane.

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OZP4 TIL A 2013 IMF study found that worldwide subsidies for fossil fuels totaled $1.9 trillion, while worldwide subsidies for renewable energy was $88 billion. Meaning for every $1 in subsidies renewable energy got, the fossil fuel industry received $21.50 in subsidies.
R5Ln1 TIL that since 1937 the Isle of Man has only had one year where motorcycle races were held without fatalities (1982).
xMnB TIL astronomer Ptolemy thought that the gods, out of curiosity/boredom, would peer down at the earth from between the spheres; when this happened, stars would slip out of this gap, flashing towards the earth. Shooting stars meant that the gods are now paying attention to whatever you would wish for.
9wJdr TIL in order to discredit him politically, Octavian sought Mark Antony's will which was safe guarded by the vestal virgins, thinking the contents would be juicy. The vestals refused to hand it, as it was illegal...but told him they couldn't stop him if he just grabbed it by himself, which he did
maDY [TIL] 10% of the general population suffers from Alexithymia, the inability to identify and describe their own emotions.