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TIL that the swim bladder of the endangered Totoaba fish can sell for up to $10,000 per kilogram, driving it toward extinction due to demand in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.

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4k4E6 TIL about « Moving Day », a tradition in the province of Quebec, Canada, when residents all move at once due to most leases ending July 1st.
RbMw TIL that smelling a male pheromone prompts the same brain activity in homosexual men as it does in heterosexual women.
GYNP1 TIL bats make up about 20% of all known mammal species. There are about 1200 species of bats and about 5400 different mammals
VMJKD TIL that "Old Town Road" is based around a sample from Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor is listed as one of the songwriters.
kJZN1 TIL about the water-level task, which was originally used as a test for childhood cognitive development. It was later found that a surprisingly high number of college students would fail the task.