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TIL Indian housewives hold $600 billion worth of gold - more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany combined.

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x6pWb TIL Dian Fossey, the conservationist who lived with Gorillas for several years, was murdered while doing research in Rwanda
w651 TIL Carl Sagan’s anatomically correct naked man and woman were censored on the Voyager spacecraft Golden Record because critics found the nudity offensive.
69ADZ TIL Pigeons use Earth's magnetic field to navigate. A small spot on their beak contains magnetite which acts as a tiny GPS unit for the homing pigeon by giving it information about its position relative to Earth's poles.
GAxvG TIL Cuckolding is a sexual fetish or fantasy where an individual derives sexual pleasure or arousal from watching their partner engage in sexual activity with another person.
a8Ny9 TIL about The Starlight Barking, the official sequel to 101 Dalmatians where humans are asleep, dogs get telepathic and flight powers and are invited by a Star Dog to go to space with it to a oid nuclear war in the future.