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TIL: Cheese is the most stolen food item in the world

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V158 TIL that the Etruscan shrew’s metabolism is so fast, it needs to eat nearly twice its body weight PER DAY, it is also ranked as one of the most efficient predators because it needs to kill every 2 hours or it dies
O5Pa TIL of the “Great Stink”, where the smell of human waste in London was so powerful it affected the work of the House of Commons. Plans were made to evacuate but heavy rains ended the crisis.
VMKPG TIL there are more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable universe.
YpGAG TIL John Williams created the original theme song for Lost in Space
D1kNj TIL today (August 24) is International Strange Music Day, started by composer Patrick Grant, who believes “...it is always good to listen and play music that we are unfamiliar with. It keeps our ears and outlook fresh.”