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TIL that a single gallstone from a cow is worth more than all of its meat. Gallstones are prized items in traditional Chinese medicine and they can go for between $1,700 to $4,000 an ounce.

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b9Jnj TIL The ancient Persians tended to deliberate on important matters while they were drunk. They then reconsidered their decisions the following day when they were sober. If a decision was approved both drunk and sober, the decision held; if not, the Persians set it aside.
16WJX TIL people older than 75 years who have cognitive abilities as good as someone in their 20s and 30s are called superagers. A lot of their superaging comes from life-long exercise, connection with nature, and life-long mental activities. Robert De Niro, Rusin Bond, and Dadi Bhagwani have superaged.
r8Yo TIL of a classical pianist Joyce Hatto who was described as “the greatest living pianist”. After her death it was found out that she and her husband plagiarized over 100 recordings made by other classical pianists of her time.
Xm86 TIL I learned that there are four countries worldwide that have no mandated paid parental leave: Liberia, Swaziland, Papa New Guinea, and the United States.
l7eL7 TIL early American colonists once "stood staring in disbelief at the quantities of fish." One man wrote "there was as great a supply of herring as there is water. In a word, it is unbelievable, indeed, indescribable, as also incomprehensible, what quantity is found there. One must behold oneself."