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TIL That the US has policy that makes the metric system the official system.

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Z8eDB TIL In 2016, Wall St hedge funds uncovered a scandal in the Georgia Chicken Index, and may have uncovered price fixing by Big Chicken
PY7GO TIL in the movie The Princess Bride, when Count Rugen knocks Westly played by Cary Elwes on the head the tap came a little too hard and Elwes was knocked legitimately unconscious; he later awoke in the hospital. It's that take, with Elwes actually passing out, that appears in the film.
XeME TIL the reason dogs spin around before laying down is a ritualistic behavior passed down from their wild ancestry in which doing so would tamp down the grass to create a bed
b6Vva TIL - Viking age DNA reveals 9,000-year-old HIV-resistant gene originating near the Black Sea
8epaG TIL "Cute aggression" or the urge to squeeze cute animals or babies is the brain’s coping mechanism to temper the onslaught of positive feelings. Because if you find yourself incapacitated by how cute a baby is—so much so that you simply can't take care of it—that baby is going to starve.