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TIL Qatar Airways allows only one falcon per person as carry-on. It used to be two.

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0dd11 TIL Disney World is legally allowed to build a nuclear plant in Florida under a 1960s law.
ne1jr TIL that another star passed through our solar system 70,000 years ago. Early humans may have looked up to see another star passing through our solar system.
5Y5XP TIL that before humans came to Iceland, there was only one land mammal there: the Arctic fox.
m1arM TIL: In 1939, Australians coped with heatwaves by sleeping on beaches, staying social outdoors, and using creative cooling methods like wet towels. This was before refrigeration and AC became widespread
rRlmd TIL that nearly 100 people in Germany die annually while masturbating, and that forensic examiners estimate one to two people per million are killed each year globally.