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TIL that only 20-30% of Indians are vegetarians, and a majority of Indians are actually non-vegetarians.

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DQ1yD TIL that humans first reached Australia around 65,000 Years ago.
6ErQQ TIL of the “Buckskin Girl” murdered 40 years ago, and unable to be identified but named after her coat. In 2017 an unrefrigerated lab vial of her blood was successfully DNA analysed. Her mother was located still living in the same house, refusing to move or change phone numbers hoping for her return
8e7VK TIL that in the 7th century BC, lawmaker Charondas forbade anyone from bringing in weapons to the assembly under penalty of death. One day, seeking to defeat some brigands in the hills, he brought a knife to the assembly. In order to uphold his own law, he killed himself.
p8vMN TIL of "poop" pills - capsules containing only bacteria from donors' poo which are used to treat gut infections. They have no scent, taste and are as effective as traditional fecal transplants while being much cheaper.
5ppB TIL that in an experiment conducted(on a guillotined man) by Dr. Gabriel Beaurieux in 1905, he quite reliably proved(to his satisfaction) that a severed head (that of convicted murderer, Henri Languille) remains conscious and alert for some time after being separated from a body.