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TIL the Rotary Club is a specific humanitarian organization - not a club where people talk about their old fashioned phones

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0dGNv TIL about Fugu, a dish prepared from Pufferfish, which can be lethal to humans if toxic parts of the fish are not properly prepared. In Japan and Korea, by law, only chefs who pass a three-year training are permitted to prepare the dish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.
a4y TIL there may soon be a vaccine to prevent and treat obesity.
N411 TIL over 86,000 people visit the ER each year from tripping or falling over their cat or dog.
awVr0 TIL Sloths can die of exhaustion when eating too much because they will use up all their energy digesting food in their stomach, before any of the food can provide them with more energy
m1GXO TIL that there currently are seven countries that have more cars than inhabitants.