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TIL there are 35 billion chickens in the world (they outnumber us 5 to 1).

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v0xL TIL The most ancient evidence of human tattooing is found on a mummified 5,300-year-old Neolithic Iceman who has a total of 61 tattoos of lines and patterns, interestingly most of which overlap with classical acupuncture points used to treat rheumatism, a medical condition that plagued him.
vPmgK TIL the “Subway smell” emanating from Subway restaurants is due to the specific combination of chemicals released from baking bread and cookies, Italian herbs, vinegar, and cheese, and it can be replicated at home.
ypxv TIL there is a city named White Settlement in Texas in which voters rejected a name change to West Settlement 2,388 to 219 in 2005. Its mayors name? Ronald A. White
Qrv6 TIL that Cuba has two types of currency - one for Cubans to buy basics and the other for tourists to buy what are considered luxuries
oRWL7 TIL Yasunori Mitsuda worked so hard on the Chrono Trigger and Front Mission: Gun Hazard soundtracks that he developed ulcers and urinated blood.