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TIL that Wallace And Gromit featuring Wensleydale as Wallace's favourite lead to the cremary that made the cheese being saved from bankruptcy due to a rise in demand.

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VoO8 TIL under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness monster is a protected species.
yQdRe TIL for over a decade, NASA used 11 deaf people with damaged vestibular systems (making them immune to motion sickness) to explore how extreme forces might affect astronauts. One test had four men spend 12 straight days in a 20-foot-wide room rotating at 10 revolutions per minute.
KOyyJ TIL that the handgun manufacturer Beretta has been making guns since 1526, including Venetian cannons used during the Battle of Lepanto
1amR4 TIL, that the Queen banned a documentary about the British Royal Family in 1969 which aired only one time in British Television and was locked away in BBC's Vault. But the banned documentary has now reappeared to the public.
4XA45 TIL That anxious/scared cats can be calmed with a technique called “Slow Blink”. It shows you as a more trusting person and is more likely to calm the cat. Animal shelters use the technique to help nervous cats feel more at ease.