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TIL owls don't have eye balls, they have "eye tubes"

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rNlbw TIL West Indies is not a country but a group of islands containing 13 countries.
KO91J TIL that although Tic Tacs are almost 100% sugar, FDA regulations allow them to be advertised as 0 grams of sugar per serving due to their size
nWdno TIL that in the United Kingdoms Parliament, there is a box of snuff (smokeless tobacco) that's been around since the 1600s, it is free for government officials to use, but the last time it was used was 1989. It is still kept to this day
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.
Gdk4 TIL that Christmas trees can be recycled. Louisiana uses them to build shoreline fences to reduce erosion and form new marshes.