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TIL - It’s Illegal to Own Only One Guinea Pig in Switzerland. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.

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LAM0 TIL in 1967 The Outer Space Treaty was signed, creating a framework and laws as to what governments can and can’t do in space
6EvZZ TIL that the TV show "Hannah Montana" was originally going to be called "Alexis Texas" before the producers realised that a porn star already had that name and had to change it to avoid young children searching the name online and accidentally coming across pornography.
b9dQQ TIL: Jean Moulin, Resistance hero, cut his own throat rather than incriminate innocent soldiers. The Nazis had tried to force him to sign a false document and he didn't want to risk breaking under torture.
v1AG7 TIL about Sarah Knauss, who was the oldest verified American ever, dying at age 119 on December 30, 1999. Her age was verified with the help of an 1891 US Census directory, a 1900 US Census entry, a 1901 marriage certificate, and both 1910 and 1930 US Census entries. All of these confirm her age.
OovyY TIL that traveling at the speed of light, it would take you 200,000 years to go across the Milky Way galaxy