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TIL of owl cafes a trend that is growing in japan where you can have coffee with owls.

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VMBB0 TIL that a strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. Scientists found that the mutant cockroaches react to glucose as distastefully bitter–an effective way for natural selection to quickly produce roaches that won't accept poisoned sweet baits
lZGB TIL in 2007, several weeks after complaining of a headache, a 12 year old boy died due to bacteria from an infected tooth invading his brain. Dental care is treated as an option, not a need, and many people suffer and die as a result.
v1dQ4 TIL Orange Crush soda originally had orange pulp in the bottles, giving it a "fresh squeezed" illusion even though the raw pulp was merely added during bottling, rather than actually being the remains from freshly squeezed oranges
9e9G TIL That the president does not actually have to “pardon the turkey”, he can still ask to have it cooked for him
4kvWR TIL clover used to be part of every lawn as it was cheap and easy to maintain. After WWII pesticide companies declared it a weed and until recently it's been removed from laws.