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TIL that RuPaul and Cory Booker are cousins

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dDNgB TIL “the average person consumes roughly 20 lbs of (onions) per year”
neOv7 TIL There is no way to visually identify the sex of a beaver, as they have no external genitalia. To determine their sex you must milk their anal glands. If the excreted fluid smells like motor oil, it's a male. If it smells like old cheese, it's a female.
kDKd TIL there was a movement post WW2 to make Sicily a US state. There were 40,000 people in Sicily who actively tried to do this, This was due to common family heritage and the fact Sicily was distinct from the rest of Italy.
ANwDn TIL restaurant staff in the Houses of Parliament called spotted dick (a traditional British steamed pudding) "Spotted Richard" so it was “less likely to cause a stir”.
7rR5X TIL since 1953, the Italian bank, Credito Emiliano, has accepted giant wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as collateral for business loans.