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TIL Denmark has the highest consumption of meat per person
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TIL of the 'skimmer' genus of birds - their outsize lower beaks are used for catching fish at the surface of water
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TIL Gangsta’s Paradise is one of the few Coolio songs to not feature profanity because it was the only way Stevie Wonder would authorise the sampling of his song ‘Pastime Paradise’
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TIL of Mike Powell’s 1991 world record long jump that still stands today. He broke the previous record that was held for 23 years by 2 inches, leaving his feet and landing a total 29 feet 4 and a quarter inches (8.9m) later.
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TIL Emilia Clarke, the actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, also voiced Dr. Zoidberg’s lover in Stench and Sensibility (Futurama).
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TIL in the 50s physicians performed accurate pregnancy tests by injecting urine from the supposedly pregnant women into a frog. If the frog produced eggs within 24 hrs the test was positive.