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TIL that the "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality."

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gpO7 TIL that an Australian man searching for a toilet stumbled across the oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in existence from 49,000 years ago
E1ZKd TIL Axolotls can regenerate limbs, organs and even parts of the brain. They are also 1000x more resistant to cancer than mammals. Despite this, they are critically endangered and almost extinct in the wild.
v4WD TIL: the British Army developed a tank-mounted kettle for making tea after losing a WW2 battle because the crew had abandoned their posts for a tea break
OnL6 TIL John Grey, author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”, has his doctorate from a now defunct degree mill, and is divorced from his first wife, who is also a marriage counselor.
6glZ TIL in Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig.