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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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loy65 TIL Female masturbators have a better sexual life than female non-masturbators
LkwZm TIL Beelzebufo ampinga was the biggest frog to have ever lived with a length of 19 cm and weight of 4.5 Kg. It had a short, wide head that was almost all mouth-a maw fitted with small, plate-like teeth, massive spikes protruding from its skull and armored plates embedded in the skin of its back
W7Ee8 TIL that Muhammad Ali insulted his British opponent Henry Cooper before their 1963 bout. Cooper proceeded to give Ali a punishing fight and knocked him down at one point. Afterwards, Ali conceded that Cooper had given him the fight of his life.
8aLK8 TIL that equisetum, or puzzlegrass, inspired the invention of logarithms
D14yY TIL Digital VHS tapes from 1998 could store 50GB of 1080i on a normal sized tape - the only way to get HD commercial films until Blu-ray in 2004.