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TIL about Australia's "democracy sausages" - grilled sausages served outside many Australian polling places during elections that serve as fundraisers for community groups.

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j65yX TIL that the longest time a criminal remained listed in the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is 32 years, while the shortest time is just 2 hours
p8oPN TIL about “Team Lioness,” one of Kenya’s first group of all-female Rangers, organized in 2017. While protecting the area surrounding Amboseli National Park from poachers, these 8 women are also involved with community education and are the first in their families to be employed.
pnN TIL that Edgar Allen Poe’s only full length novel featured a scene in which a cabin boy named Richard Parker is cannibalized by his shipwrecked crew mates. 46 years later, a real ship wrecked crew actually did cannibalize their cabin boy…who was also named Richard Parker.
9YXpD TIL: A surge in cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a form of heart disease, has occurred in dogs in recent years. It has been preliminarily linked to consumption of legumes and potatoes. Supplementing your dog's diet with taurine can sometimes reverse some of the damage.
PYV8J TIL that YouPorn is an official sponsor of an eSports team