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TIL that the universal ‘No’ symbol is also called the 'slarcle’.

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JY6ZB TIL German culture has an extraordinary obsession with native Americans due to the wild west novels written by Karl may, the best selling German author of all times. Thousands of people are organized in clubs to “play native American life”.
87LX TIL the drug Cabergoline allows men to easily achieve multiple orgasms by inhibiting the hormone prolactin
wL46Y TIL that elephants typically eat 200-600 pounds of food per day. They also can drink up to 50 gallons of water each day.
xydw TIL in Algeria, the largest country in Africa and 35th in world population, women make up 70% of the country’s lawyers and 60% of its judges, as well as dominating the field of medicine. Increasingly, women are contributing more to household income than men. 60% of university students are women.
epdd6 TIL there is a species of oceanic dolphin known as the false killer whale. Their name comes from them having a skull similar to that of a killer whale (orca). Although they are part of the same family, they are not closely related.