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TIL after finally receiving a settlement from Yoko, Julian Lennon has become a John Lennon memorabilia collector. He paid 30,000 pounds for the coat Lennon wore on the cover of Magical Mystery Tour. “The irony isn’t lost on me that I am using his money to buy back his things.”

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k8Nm TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
neJ0P TIL that Notre Dame has about 180,000 bees living on its rooftop and they all survived the 2019 fire.
6EDKm TIL That Muay Thai fighters would deaden the nerves in their shins, and train so that their shins would be rock hard with no feelings while fighting.
GAPe4 TIL that there is such a thing as a “salute deduction” in gymnastics.
Oo5J7 TIL In 1999, a company in Japan installed vending machines selling live kabutomushi (horned beetles) so that children in cities away from the beetles' natural habitat could collect them as pets. The machines were so popular they sold out each day.