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m1JZP TIL The "non-rBST" label on milk has essentially become meaningless because none of the major milk bottlers package milk from rBST-treated cows anymore
5YvZB TIL that Singapore Zoo's mascot, Ah Meng the orangutan, was replaced about 4 years ago.
Brnrx TIL that honey bees are able to stab through the leaves of certain plants to trigger their flowering process weeks earlier than usual.
VMZkD TIL that the Geneva Freeport, a warehouse complex in Geneva, houses approximately 1.2 million works of art with an estimated value of $100 billion, as well as gold bars and about 3 million bottles of wine. A small room that can hold multiple objects costs anywhere from $5,000 to $12,000 per month
gMQp8 TIL in 2009 the Chinese government set up a DNA database, where parents who had a child abducted, and children who suspect they may have been abducted could register their DNA. This has helped solve thousands of cases.