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TIL The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes for an hour for lunch

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QNKda TIL after murdering a woman in 1821, convicted killer John Horwood was hanged, had his body dissected and his skin was used to bind a book that contained the details of his crime in a practice called anthropodermic bibliopegy.
XEaak TIL In Colombia, dried ants replace popcorn as the typical movie theater snack.
pYEMG TIL that recent studies in the United States have shown that currently, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ranges from six to nine cases per 1000. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) range from 24 to 48 cases per 1000.
nWVGY TIL of ‘Operation Cat Drop’ when 14,000 cats were parachuted into Borneo to combat a plague of rats
N7wA1 TIL Pigeons use roads and highways to navigate, even if it makes their journey significantly longer than flying in a straight line from A to B.