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TIL the National Institutes of Health concluded in a 2019 analysis that PFAS are in the blood of 97 percent of Americans.

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yQVr8 TIL of the Gävle goat- a giant straw goat display that has been built in the Swedish town of Gävle every year since 1966 in anticipation of Christmas. It's been destroyed a total 36 of those years. It will be back this year on December 2nd.
e0E1L TIL Bird’s nest soup is considered a delicacy in China. It is made from the nests of birds called swiftlets, who make the nests using their own solidified saliva. These nests are sold at prices up to about $6,6000/kg.
0wpV1 TIL in 2008, the Netherlands voted "Swaffelen" as their word of the year. It means to repeatedly smack one's (usually either flaccid or semi-erect) penis against someone or something.
NXvK8 TIL some (native/wild) animals are more common in the suburbs than in rural wild areas (at least in N America). After noticing this myself, I wondered if suburban animals were just "easier to spot" or there really were more so I did some research. Depending on the species, there really are more.
ngjd TIL that dalmatians were adopted as the official firehouse dog after early firefighters noticed that dalmations had a natural affinity with their horses. They would run along side of them, and even protect them from other animals