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TIL gastrolith is a term for when animals store small rocks in their gastrointestinal tract and use them to grind food when they lack the suitable teeth.

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6EXP8 TIL that in Switzerland it's illegal to have just one guinea pig because they get too lonely and need a friend.
yQekX TIL the 2009 movie The Last House on the Left is a remake of the 1972 movie of the same name, based on the 1960 movie The Virgin Spring, based on Töres döttrar i Wänge (1812), a Ballad, remake of a longer version from 1673, which is the backstory of why the church of Kärna (1100s) has been built.
0wXaj TIL:"no body, no murder" rule have arisen from the "Campden Wonder" case occurred in the 1660s A local man vanished and after an investigation, three individuals were hanged for his murder. Two years later, the supposed victim appeared, telling a story of having been abducted and enslaved in Turkey
PYPpO TIL Christopher Reeve's accident was so severe that he needed surgery to reattach his skull and spine. While awaiting the surgery, a man in a blue hat and yellow scrubs met with him, jokingly claiming he was a proctologist and that Reeves needed a rectal exam. That man was Robin Williams.
oR78 TIL that a history teacher in the 1960s ran an experiment to recreate Nazi Germany using his students, called the “Third Wave.” The students had hung banners around the school, saluted each other in the hallways, and his skipped other classes to join the movement.