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TIL Denmark has the highest consumption of meat per person

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nWV6Y TIL that heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have played with some of the most iconic vocalists in rock history, including Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Rainbow), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest).
NXZeP TIL that The Beatles last commercial concert was left with 7,000 unsold tickets and was a financial bust for the production company.
J15w4 TIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick towers whose only purpose was to attract wild pigeons. These cylindrical structures were purely for pigeons
xPo1 TIL there is an ancient “second brain” in the stomach that is neurologically active and responsible for feelings like “butterflies in the stomach.”
G8JJ TIL that Regina Rhode was a student at both Columbine High and Virginia Tech during both shootings