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TIL That Helium is the only element that is completely non-renewable, and we're rapidly running out of it - which is a big issue, as Helium is used heavily in the scientific community

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0wNRA TIL that rats are sometimes eaten in parts of France. In Bordeaux, there is a recipe that calls for the use of alcoholic rats who live in wine cellars. The rats are skinned and eviscerated, brushed with a thick sauce of olive oil and crushed shallots, and grilled over a fire of broken wine barrels.
0dMEp TIL that Clara Bow from Taylor Swift's recent album was a huge film star in the 1920s and 30s who made 58 films in the oppressive studio system, then walked away from it all to defy the system and lived out her life happily in privacy
1an97 TIL Draconian laws are named after the 1st Greek legislator, Draco, who meted out severe punishment for very minor offenses. These included enforced slavery for any debtor whose status was lower than that of his creditor and the death sentence for stealing a cabbage.
VBQXk TIL that Mount Kosciuszko, recognized as the tallest mountain in Australia, was actually mislabeled and was shorter than the actual tallest mountain (Mount Townsend). To correct the error, the names of the mountains were simply swapped.
d8x58 TIL Ghana and Ivory Coast produce at least 70 percent of the world's cocoa beans. And the world is running out of cocoa farmers as the next generation refuses to take up this job because of the difficulty of the process and wages as low as 84 cents a day.