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TIL Sandals found in Fort Rock Cave have been dated to over 10,000 years old.

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dDkmr TIL when Chi Chi, a giant panda at the London Zoo, was taken to Moscow to breed with a male giant panda, she refused his attempts to mate with her and made a full sexual self-presentation to a zookeeper.
AK9a TIL an Australian research institute ran a four-month study “to answer the age old question, ‘Where have all the bloody teaspoons gone?’”. Results: 80% of the teaspoons in the study disappeared, with the half life of the teaspoons calculated at 81 days
Djnj TIL that otters engage in necrophelia so much that it’s beginning to impact their populations
rMRy TIL: Adults are unable to visit LEGOLAND Discovery Center unless they are accompanied by at least 1 child in their group.
8J74 TIL Researchers have identified a naturally occurring bacteria in the human gut that keeps people from developing food allergies. This beneficial gut bacteria diminished with frequent antibiotic use at a young age — making children more susceptible to food allergies later in life.