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Today I learned that cucumbers are botanically berries. (Just learnt this from a previous post!)

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AgWl TIL a whale’s throat can only fit roughly the dimensions of a beach ball, whereas its mouth can store up to 90 metric tons of food and water.
GY5Rj TIL There is an annual Olympiad for high school Chemistry. It began in 1968 in Prague, and had 3 countries participate. It now includes 75 countries, each sending one student team of 4. There is a practical exam, followed by a written exam. Both can be up to 5 hours in length.
GYEV4 TIL an albatross can fly for 10,000 miles without landing, and is the only extant bird that can reach those numbers
E1kVp TIL A baboon served alongside South African troops in World War One.
xAxb TIL that it is illegal in Denmark to profit off of somebody else’s nudity. Therefore becoming a prostitute is allowed, but becoming a pimp is not.