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TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy..

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XRGP TIL The South African government ordered sculptors to remove a bronze rabbit they hid in the right ear of a Nelson Mandela statue. “We don’t think it’s appropriate because Nelson Mandela never had a rabbit on his ear”
9wPoQ TIL when the pope dies it is a tradition to hit him on the head with a hammer to make sure he’s dead.
0wRaL TIL that in Brazil, you are not generally expected to be on time to social engagements, unless someone specifies “English Time”. Outside of Western Europe, US, Japan, and Korea, punctuality largely does not have high importance.
wo5Lo TIL That until Sept 25, 2017, sign stealing in baseball was typically un-enforced. After the Yankees were caught in 2016, and Red Sox in 2018 an investigation was conducted and only the Astros were penalized because they were found to have done it after the Sept 25th memo.
1vaW TIL it only takes a gallon of fuel to move 1 ton of material 500 miles by rail.