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TIL…In Switzerland it is illegal to own one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness.

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W7Xw9 TIL that the depression on the back of your hand when you stick your thumb out is called your anatomical snuffbox for its historical use in sniffing tobacco
rNB1d TIL about the 1863 Lieber Code (General Orders No. 100), a military codified law that governed the wartime conduct of the United States Union Army, making it one of the first armies in human history that prohibited r@pe, looting, arson, etc., with the punishment often being execution.
5JYp TIL The BBC was accused of censorship after refusing to play “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” during the official charts show. The song reached number 2 after the death of Margaret Thatcher.
awKgN TIL during the filming of "Superbad"(2007), Mintz-Plasse, the actor of Fogell (McLovin), was 17 at the time of filming. So his mom had to be on set when they shot his sex scene.
Mly8 TIL in Mexico they have a term for bad teeth, dientes Ingles, which translates as English teeth.