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TIL that Switzerland is so far the only country in the world that recognizes the dignity of plants in its constitution.

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neQA9 TIL Mealworms are able to consume various forms of plastic, and can eat Styrofoam containing a common toxic chemical additive with no ill effects, and still be safely used as protein-rich feedstock for other animals.
VMyeG TIL that Anorexia has the highest death rate of all mental disorders
QGlX TIL that it is a myth that Albert Einstein failed maths as a student: “Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus”
j4Ej TIL a German footballer Mesut Ozil donated his €300,000 World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgery of 23 children in Brazil
L8gZ TIL that “peruse” is it’s own antonym, defined as (a) to examine in detail or (b) to look over in a casual manner.