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TIL that it's illegal to make or sell products with dog or cat fur in the United States

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9YWvG TIL that people whose mother language is anumeric (a language that has no way of expressing arbitrary numbers) struggle to compare and remember the exact size of collections of as little as four objects. This suggests that numeric abilities are intrinsically related to linguistic abilities
R7bg7 TIL the legal drinking age in Wisconsin is 21, but those underage can be served and consume alcohol if they are with a parent, guardian, or spouse of the legal drinking age.
QLOE TIL that adding milk (or anything with fat) to tea destroys the tea’s antioxidants
exn6 TIL Powdered alcohol is a thing. So where are my single serve Crystal Light gimlets?
WkpKY TIL the word quarantine comes from an Italian variant 'quaranta giorni', meaning forty days, the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic.