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TIL In Switzerland its illegal to own only one guinea pig

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1aVOV TIL of the "the loneliest whale in the world," who roams the seas without a pack, crying out a 52-hertz mating call too high for other whales to hear. Except some scientists think other whales are actually just ignoring him: "all these whales can hear this guy...He's just odd."
oV7E TIL Bryers Ice Cream, the company that prided itself on using only few, all natural ingredients had to change their labels to read “Frozen Dairy Dessert” because based on the ingredients they couldn’t legally sell their product as ice cream.
wj68 TIL there’s a miniature TV monitor inside the Big Bird costume that gives the puppeteer a third person’s view of himself and his surroundings.
PK7O TIL Landmines planted on the coasts during the Falklands War accidentally created penguin sanctuaries. The penguins are too light to detonate the mines, so they live and breed safely. The sanctuaries are so popular and profitable that there are efforts to prevent removal of the mines.
e0E84 As the coronavirus pandemic continues, many people are developing new sleep patterns, which—in addition to stress about the virus—is altering their dreams