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TIL Avocados evolved to be eaten whole by megafauna almost the size of elephants

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x940 TIL Helsinki, Finland has a four-times-a-year event called Restaurant Day. The occasion offers anyone the opportunity to set up a restaurant, café, or bar, for just one day, without having to apply for official permits – as long as alcohol is not on the drinks list.
GAKV4 TIL Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed in 1991 to see if he was poisoned and it was determined arsenic levels were too low
jxj TIL 30 Japanese hornets can take down 30000 European honey bees.
VM488 TIL that in 2018, Judge Judy made $147 million, and she films her show 52 days a year. Thus, in 2018 she made ~$2.8 million a day when working.
leZG TIL that speaking Kurdish in public was illegal in Turkey in the 90s