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TIL that a Dove is just a white Pigeon.

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N7gRN TIL the ampersand was originally the 27th letter of the English alphabet. The alphabet would end in "X, Y, Z, and per se (meaning by itself) and". The phrase became slurred until the symbol was simply known as ampersand (and per se and).
bbbN TIL it is illegal in many countries to perform surgical procedures on an octopus without anesthesia due to their intelligence
78Yex TIL until 1998, in the Australian State of Victoria, it was illegal to change a lightbulb without an electricians license. If you were caught breaking this law, you would be fined 10$ (about $7.15 usd)
EgMgP TIL that women are traditionally prohibited from entering a sumo ring. This tradition is so strictly enforced that in 2018 two women were asked to leave the ring even though they were preforming CPR on a man who collapsed in one.
OyRL TIL that up to 1,500 baby raccoons were imported to Japan per year as pets during the 70’s due to the anime “Rascal Raccoon"s popularity. The descendants have multiplied after being released following a similar scene in the show. The population is now in the 200,000s and is a major destructive pest.