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TIL 4 largest banks in the world are all Chinese

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Y79b7 TIL Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in the early 18th century.
QJ7DE TIL Noise Cancelling and Noise Isolating don’t mean thing. Noise isolating headphones only reduce the volume of the incoming ambient sound whereas noise canceling headphones actively send back an inverted signal to completely block out ambient sound.
V4g0 TIL the marathon of the 1904 Olympics had many bizarre events including someone driving to the finish line and pretending to win, someone winning by using rat poison as a stimulant, someone taking a nap and still finishing 4th, and someone being chased a mile off course by aggressive dogs.
b9BdQ TIL that a species of Waxworm has been shown to be capable of digesting plastics. This discovery may eventually lead to the isolation of an enzyme that can be sprayed on plastic to encourage them to degrade rapidly into more ecologically friendly materials.
8aMEG TIL that petting a dog releases the hormone oxytocin, otherwise known as the “love hormone,” which is often dysregulated in people with social anxiety disorders and autism.