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TIL Austria's, Wiener Zeitung one of the oldest Published Daily Newspaper published it's last edition on 06/30/2023

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d8vR9 TIL I learned that its feral cats, not outdoor pet cats, that are to blame for birds dying off
l71gN TIL that in 2002, in commemoration of 9/11, Congress gathered in a joint session at Federal Hall in NYC, the site of the original meeting place of the first Congress in 1789.
8KrV TIL that in Finland, nine out of ten plastic soft drink bottles are returned for re-use. Almost one hundred percent of all glass bottles are recycled – more than anywhere else in the world.
GALGJ TIL that Tarrare, a man living in the 18th century, had a bizarre endless appetite. He ate a meal made for 15 people in one sitting, live puppies, cats and snakes and it got so bad while hospitalised he attempted to eat corpses from the morgue, patient's blood and a suspected one year old toddler
oBojr TIL that a 28 year old man from Russia went to the doctor after coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors thought he had cancer and performed surgery to remove it, when they removed the "cancer" they found out it was actually a tree growing inside of the man.