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TIL Lamborghini provides two Gallardos to the Italian state police, which uses the cars for delivering organ transplants to patients.

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9YdbD TIL after the police chief in a small New Mexico city stepped down, the only certified member of the police department was a drug sniffing dog named Nikka
J1bKk TIL the Dutch adopted gibbing (removing herring organs except pyloric caecae) from Scania, letting the fish pickle at sea in brine. They stayed longer after herring shoals, returning with pre-salted catches that fueled centuries of trade dominance—an iconic dish with global roots!
yQ90V TIL Doubly labeled water is water in which both the hydrogen and the oxygen have been partly or completely replaced with an uncommon isotope of these elements for tracing purposes. In particular, DLW can be used to measure the average daily metabolic rate of an organism over a period of time.
e1Y5 TIL: Over the course of two weeks, a single human male produces enough sperm to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.
EmEd TIL that the primary ingredient in sugar-free Tic Tacs is sugar. Manufacturer Ferrero openly admits to exploiting a regulatory loophole.