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TIL Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

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rR8v4 TIL: that its a common practice in China, to not tell an old person about their cancer diagnosis, where it is believed that telling them can make their condition deteriorate quicker.
d8laE TIL that after a heart transplant you'll have a resting pulse of around 90 bpm since the vagus nerve that usually regulates heart rate is cut during the transplant. The heart will still beat faster during exercise due to its internal regulatory mechanism, but the new "idle" will be around 90 bpm.
YpWD7 TIL that humanity nearly became extinct 72000 years ago and we were down to 40 'breeding pairs'
LkRAQ TIL that the best-selling single of all time by a female group never even charted in the US. 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' by Spanish duo Baccara was released in 1977 and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide
NXY1 TIL that in the mid-1800s France gave out a crucial patent in photography for free as a gift to the world … except for Britain. They had to pay.