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TIL In Switzerland its illegal to own only one guinea pig

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7NKZ TIL an 18-year-old male committed suicide as a result of a ‘ghost’ prank carried out by the BBC. Due to the controversy, the BBC put a 10-year ban on the broadcast of the show
LGym TIL the current Dalai Lama was selected for the role when he was only 2 years old, and formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama when he was 4.
lo7p7 TIL Written 4500 years ago The Diary of Merer is the oldest papyri ever discovered. It details the daily life of workers who built the Great Pyramid of Giza
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