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TIL That white giraffes exist and are not albino.

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NXLXe TIL A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head. He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact.
LkkYm TIL that tea and coffee can inhibit your bodies ability to absorb iron
X0ALk TIL the Mormon church is the wealthiest religious institution in the world with estimated assets between 80 and 100 billion dollars.
GA9J4 TIL North Korea ordered and took delivery of 1,000 Volvos ftom Sweden. They never paid for them.
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