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TIL It is illegal to own only one guinea pig or parrot in Switzerland. They are a social species, and it is considered abuse to not allow them to interact with others of their species.

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xxb TIL that the word swastika literally means “being happy.”
vPPWD TIL Our Sun can make a total of 80 different elements: helium and then everything from carbon through polonium, but nothing heavier. For that, you need a supernova or a neutron star collision. Of all the types of naturally occurring elements here on Earth, the Sun can make about 90% of them.
b9Wl9 TIL after capturing Alexandria, Diocletian ordered his soldiers to kill until the blood reached his horse's knees. As if on cue, the horse fell, staining its knees in blood. He took the gods' hint, and stopped the massacre. After he left, the Alexandrians erected built a statue in the horse's honor.
wlXo TIL Hunter S. Thompson was part of an appeal which led to an overturned conviction in the case of a woman sentenced to life in prison without parole for the felony murder of a police officer, a crime which took place while she was locked in the back of a squad car!
xVA5g TIL The Instant Pot pressure cooker can serve as a laboratory autoclave where more expensive units are not available (E.g. remote labs) or attainable (E.g. lack of funding). It even passes the Geobacillus stearothermophilus spore inactivation test.