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TIL in order to have a television in the UK you must have a license. The cost 169 £ equivalent to 217$ annually

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KYbPa TIL in a 2016 study, 72 incidents were reviewed of humpback whales interfering w/ orcas hunting mammals. 61 involved prey species other than humpbacks despite "no apparent benefit" for their intervention leading the authors to conclude that "interspecific altruism" could not be ruled out.
pYRBA TIL: During the One World Trade Center construction, workers had the choice of bringing lunches or facing the nearly impossible task of descending to ground in 30 minutes for food. To solve this, a Subway franchise created a full shop in a shipping container, which was lifted to the workers daily.
awgYA TIL that when Australian beer companies learned that their bottles were having an observable impact on the jewel beetle population—because male beetles were confusing the "stubbies" for females, and ended up dying in the hot Australian sun, leaving no heirs—the companies changed their beer bottles.
WgmA TIL Peter Dinklage voiced the sexy wake up call guy who would flirt with Elaine in Seinfeld.
Egdlx TIL that HONEY NEVER SPOILS, and archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that is over 3,000 years old.