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GMej TIL that British banking giant HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and violating a host of important banking laws (from the Bank Secrecy Act to the Trading With the Enemy Act), but there were no criminal charges and no one went to prison.
evLJ TIL that fetuses of the giant panda have been grown in the womb of a cat by inserting both panda and cat embryos into the cat womb. The panda embryos were crafted by inserting nuclei from panda cells into rabbit egg cells. The cat mother died of pneumonia before completed term.
yQ598 TIL it has been proven that rear-facing seats on planes are safer in the event of a crash, however due to passenger discomfort and costs they are only common in military aircraft
LkZLm TIL that in other countries New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, etc. have their own exotic “American” food isles in grocery stores alot like how America has Mexican and Asian isles in their grocery stores (I lived in America for all of my life obviously)
rROP4 TIL a study on Tinder found that men who take time to write a good bio get four times as many matches as those who don't have one.