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TIL there is a bank in Italy that accepts wheels of cheese as loan collateral

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QJv6E TIL the Aral Sea - formerly the 4th largest lake on Earth - no longer exists; the rivers that once fed it were diverted in the 1960s for Soviet irrigation projects. The polluted seabed is known today as the Aralkum Desert.
XoRR TIL bats can swim
a8vPM TIL that the world's most poisonous mushroom is the Death Cap which is very common in Britain. It contains the toxin amanitin and is responsible for 90% of all deaths by fungus. They resemble other edible mushrooms such as the paddy straw. There was no known antidotes for death cap poisoning.
xVZ75 TIL that NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who was born on February 12, 1934, had the most championships in NBA history with 11 titles, which he had in 1957, 1959-1966, and 1968-1969 all with the Boston Celtics, and played 13 seasons in the NBA
Br8Jb TIL that the owner of a brand name can lost their legal protection for it if people started using it as the common or generic name for a type of product or service. This is what happened to Cellophane, Escalator, Flip Phone, Frisbee, Hovercraft, Kerosene, Sellotape, Trampoline, and Videotape.