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TIL that Australia is the only continent with more venomous snakes than there are non-venomous ones.

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GANej TIL The controversial practice of docking a dog's tail (i.e. amputation) used to indicate that they they were a "working dog" in 17th-century England and therefore not subject to a luxury tax. This lead many owners to dock the tail in order to avoid the tax.
alNN TIL that social etiquette and Western mannerisms are becoming status symbols in China
5VGnQ TIL Vraam unironically watches family guy
0wy8R TIL that "Maris," the famous unseen character on the sitcom Frasier, was originally only going to off camera for a few episodes, but the increasing absurdity in which she was described forced the show into a box; they couldn't find an actress to meet the character's odd physical description.
RdD9 TIL An implant, that has reduced some epilepsy patients seizures by “half”, is heralded as the first major breakthrough in epilepsy, all while a form of medical cannabis processed into a marijuana extract that is high in CBD content that has reduced patients seizures to ZERO is buried in controversy