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TIL In Firozpur district, Punjab, everyone who applies for a firearm license must plant ten trees and provide photos of them doing so

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5eGQ TIL that a blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant
K7vE TIL that in 1774 two London doctors formed an institution to treat drowning victims. One treatment used: Smoke Enemas. Volunteer medical assistants (called ‘Pipe Smoker London Medics’) inserted an enema tube with rubber tubing attachments into the victim and blew smoke into the rectum.
0wRGN TIL Taylor Swift was born into wealth. Her father is “a descendant of three generations of bank presidents” and worked for Merrill Lynch. At the age of 14 her family moved to Nashville where her father purchased a stake in Big Machine, the label to which Swift first signed.
ke1g TIL: Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, was only awarded half the prize money. His ex-wife had placed a clause in their divorce settlement in 1988 stating she would receive half the prize money if he won the prize in the following 7 years. He won in the year 1995.
grBK8 TIL about Cordyceps: Mushrooms That Take Over Insects 🍄 — Their Role in the Ecosystem, Culinary Uses, and Potential Health Benefits