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TIL cows have best friends, and get stressed when separated.

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dDw9B TIL in Japan raw eggs are generally safe to eat. This is because the country has developed a "super egg machine" that checks the inside of the eggs for salmonella using spectroscopic analysis. It also cleans the eggs without breaking their shells, dries them, and packages them so they are safe.
OopvL TIL that 70% of the worlds macadamia nut can be traced back to a single Australian tree.
d8Ra7 TIL the Aztecs followed Spaniards around with incense burners when they came to the Americas. The Spaniards believed this to be a divine honour, however it was actually a necessity due to the wide gap in hygiene between the two peoples. The Aztec found their stench unbearable.
a8GmN TIL in 1958, 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate and her 18-year-old boyfriend killed her parents and strangled her two-year-old sister to death in their Nebraska home — then went on a multi-state rampage in which they murdered 8 people and killed at least 2 dogs with their bare hands
wLkpJ TIL That during an Asthma Attack; the disappearance of wheezing is often mistaken as a sign of improvement, however this actually know as “Silent Chest” and is in fact a sign that the attack is worsening.