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TIL after "the world’s largest beach clean-up" at Mumbai's Versova beach, Olive Ridley turtles returned to lay eggs for the first time in 20 years.

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MlR8 TIL In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness
JYG1l TIL in 2014, a woman's corpse was propped up at a table during her funeral in New Orleans. She also had her nails painted and had a glass of whiskey in her hands. Her daughters stated that this is what their mother wanted for her funeral and that guests enjoyed it.
e804 TIL plastic-wrapped American cheese slices aren’t slices at all and are actually put on the plastic as a warm blob that’s flattened into a slice shape as it cools.
X07eR TIL The duck-billed platypus has enough venom during mating season to kill a dog or make a human seriously ill. The venom is immune to all kinds of painkillers including morphine and lasts for months
npyB TIL: There’s a company that takes donations to purchase student loans at pennies on the dollar just to wipe them out and has wiped $32m to date.