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TIL: South African gamblers smoke endangered vulture brains for luck

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9YXpD TIL: A surge in cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a form of heart disease, has occurred in dogs in recent years. It has been preliminarily linked to consumption of legumes and potatoes. Supplementing your dog's diet with taurine can sometimes reverse some of the damage.
oBDME TIL that Worcestershire is pronounced “wuss-stir-sure”
9Yvo6 TIL Goldfinger was banned in Israel after it was reported that the actor playing Goldfinger, Gert Fröbe, was a former member of the Nazi party. The ban was lifted when it was discovered he helped to hide two Jews in his basement during the war.
WkrAX TIL in 2012 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that forcing a RuneScape player to relinquish his in-game items constituted property theft, and sentenced the perpetrators as thieves.
7r0QX TIL Sting sang backup vocals on the Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing"