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TIL the UK has separate area codes just for cell phones.

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MwNK TIL lemons and limes are toxic to dogs and cats and their reaction is due to how unpleasant it is.
VMklk TIL the Molotov Cocktail was not invented by Russians, but instead by under-supplied Finns who used them as improvised anti-tank weapons against the USSR in the Winter War. The famous Finnish alcoholic beverage company ALKO actually switched to mass producing Molotov Cocktails during the war.
0w8Pj TIL that TV show Top Gear conducted an extreme test of a Toyota pickup truck by leaving it on a beach to be taken by the tide, leaving it on top of a highrise building that was demolished, and setting it on fire. It still ran after being repaired with only the tools in the truck's toolbox.
neQaY TIL that starting about 7,000 years ago in Egypt, seasonal rains started moving south until rain only now falls regularly on the Ethiopian highlands. This shift forced nomadic cattle herders to settle along the Nile, leading to the first permanent Egyptian civilizations.
ADbLa TIL carnivorous pitcher plants’ orifice features a prolonged concave structure which acts as a multidirectional ultrasound reflecting bats’ echolocation calls