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TIL The Iconic "Pac-Man" Was Originally Going to Be a Pizza

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pYDPO TIL that the Sushruta Samhita, a Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery written in India around the 6th century BCE, contains detailed surgical techniques—including cataract surgery, rhinoplasty, and even plastic surgery—around 2000 years before similar practices were documented in the West.
DB8v TIL in Iceland they have an app to detect whether or not your date is a relative, due to having a small population.
n5Ao TIL that at the 2006 Winter Olympics, a Norwegian coach handed a spare ski pole to a Canadian after she broke hers during a relay race. The Canadian skier went on to win a silver medal. Canadian citizens were so appreciative they collectively gave the coach more than 5 tons of Maple Syrup.
J1yPv TIL Thanks to strict protection and management from Indian and Nepalese wildlife authorities, the greater one-horned rhino population now numbers 4,014 individuals. Once perilously close to extinction, numbering fewer than 100 individuals, the greater one-horned rhino was brought back from the brink
YdQr TIL of an evolutionary rock-paper-scissors mechanism. Three variants of the Common Side-Blotched Lizard compete for mates; Orange males are adapted to steal mates from Blue males, who are adapted to steal mates from Yellow males, who in turn are adapted to steal mates from Orange males.