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TIL that in Saudi Arabia the weekend is Thursday and Friday. Some business leaders want to switch to a Friday-Saturday weekend to match other Middle Eastern countries, but religious conservatives don’t want to share a weekend with Israel.

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y8XM TIL There is a type of Catfish that lays its eggs among the eggs of the Cichlid fish, which carries its young in its mouth. These eggs will then hatch first inside the unwilling adoptive mother’s mouth, and proceed to eat the Cichlid eggs present before being released by the Cichlid.
GY9yJ TIL after Melbourne gave email addresses to trees so residents could report problems, they instead recieved love letters
XRV8 TIL that Dmitri Krioukov, a physicist from San Diego, avoided a traffic fine by publishing a paper called The Proof of Innocence, for which he was also awarded a special prize of $400.
a8kjM TIL Legendary sports announcer Al Michaels, 78, claims to have never eaten a vegetable.
yVrXp TIL that Orthostatic Hypotension is the term for low blood pressure that can cause dizziness or fainting when rising quickly after sitting or laying down after long periods of time.