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TIL that a wildly popular Canadian TV show (The Red Green Show) made a change to a key segment for its remaining 10 seasons after receiving a single request for it from a blind viewer.

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kJ06W TIL after chemical analysis of the contents of a sealed unguentarium made of dolomite and quartz (found in an intact Roman tomb in 2019), for the first time evidence of a substance in a Roman perfume was found: patchouli
mxMGE TIL the Ashera is the world's most expensive domestic cat. The cat was developed by a British businessman in 2007 by cross-breeding two wild cats and a domestic cat. The size of a small dog, the Ashera can sell for as much as $125,000.
YpndW TIL a kidney can be purchased for $650 in Kenya and sold for $200,000 in South Africa.
e0Opb TIL that scientists and medical specialists in the field of infectious diseases had actually predicted the emergence of a pandemic such as we're facing today as far back as 2008
YpLld TIL nearly all the castles depicted in Monty Python and the Holy Grail are actually Doune Castle from different angles