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TIL a "grass fed beef" cow is started on a grass diet but have either received supplemental grain feed or are finished on a fully grain-based diet

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1akX8 TIL The Ceratodontimorpha is a "living fossil" fish with a highly specialized respiratory system to switch from gills to real lung when it crawls on dry land. They are also capable of surviving seasonal drying by burrowing into mud, secrete a mucus which encloses them in a cocoon...for years.
DKap TIL Homer Simpson had a cameo in the cult 90’s adult cartoon, Duckman. This particular episode was also nominated for an Emmy and lost to…The Simpsons.
0mNp TIL maned wolf pee smells like cannabis, so much so that the police once searched the Rotterdam Zoo for pot smokers because someone mistook the pee smell for marijuana.
07wN TIL in May 2011, Two Muslim men in traditional Muslim attire were removed from an aeroplane after other passengers said they were uncomfortable. The men were on their way to a conference on prejudice against Muslims
KYNMQ TIL Swiss cars need a "CH" sticker when driving abroad, required by the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Swiss plates have no country code, only the Swiss and cantonal coat of arms and the cantonal code.