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TIL Syracuse, NY has the only upside-down traffic light in the world

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J1pnk TIL several US cases of "mad cow disease" may have come instead from eating squirrel brains. Popular recipes apparently include scrambled brains 'n eggs, and a brains 'n veggie stew called "burgoo".
RmNj TIL that, due to the presence of quinine, tonic water is fluorescent under ultraviolet light or even the sun (pics inside!)
OoNpa TIL that in England, the period, as in the punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence, is called a full stop.
OoKD4 TIL that since first being medically documented in 1609, there have been approximately 100 documented cases of Diphallia - a genetic condition in which a boy is born with two functioning penises.
NX8oJ TIL: Germany restricted bread consumption during World War I. Citizens and neutral foreigners were issued bread cards with a daily quota of 225 grams (8 oz).