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TIL that declawing a cat is illegal in many countries because its similar to amputating a finger tip.

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VMGrG TIL that the Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money, known as Rai. They use large doughnut-shaped, carved disks of calcite, some as large as 13 ft in diameter. The Rai is still used today for social transactions, including marrage, political deals, etc.
1BlX TIL it takes 18-26 people two 8-hour days to changeover the 1,100 elements necessary for Metlife stadium go from hosting a Giants game to a Jets game
yQbre TIL about Belphegor's Prime. It's the palindromic prime number 1000000000000066600000000000001. Named after Belphegor, Prince of Hell, it has 666 at its heart surrounded by 13 zeros on either side
QJvdM TIL that there's a genus of sea cucumbers called sea pigs that live on the bottom floor of every ocean and extract nutrients from the mud.
nexKb TIL: Bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour and often consume their body weight in insects every night