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TIL - Disney banned balloons and plastic drinking straws in their Animal Kingdom Park to protect the animals from accidental ingestion.

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78kmb TIL when a chicken is exposed to the allergen that makes us allergic to cats, they naturally produce an anti-Fel d1 antibody, known as polyclonal egg IgY antibodies, which they pass along to their eggs.
lgBA TIL that a loan of £1000 at the rate of 6% p.a. was given by a UK school to the city of St Albans in 1722. St. Albans City council, despite acknowledging the loan, has not made any repayments on it. As of 2012, the debt stands at £21,800,000,000 (21.8 billion GPB).
xVMyg TIL that the male fig wasp mate with the females inside the fig, and before dieing inside the fruit, they chew a hole for the females to escape from the fig interior.
NvNM TIL Brad Pitt, while playing Achilles in Troy, injured his Achilles Tendon, delaying production for several weeks
nyMb TIL that the word “Amazon” in ancient Greek means “without a breast”, referring to the legend that Amazons (strong, independent women warriors) cut off their right breasts so as not to interfere with use of a bow.