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TIL The UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century.

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p8B8p TIL young eggplants look like eggs, which is where they got their name
yMrw TIL Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in the world, representing 92% of China’s population and 19% of the entire human population. (~1.3 Billion people)
gMJaX TIL people with two eyes see different images in each eye looking at lenticular images. I only have one working eye so I always thought it was a way to show movement but they show depth as well!
yBvl TIL that author J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan) founded a cricket team whose members included, among others, Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), H. G. Wells (War of the Worlds), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), P. G. Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster), and A. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh).
7WmX TIL The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition lists GTA San Andreas as the videogame with the largest voice cast, with 861 credited voice actors, including 174 actors and 687 additional performers, many of those performers being fans of the series who wanted to appear on the game.