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TIL dairy cows are fed slaughter waste, “trimmings that originate on the killing floor, inedible parts and organs, cleaned entrails, fetuses ...” because they need to consume a large amount of protein to keep up with continuous milk production, and slaughter waste is cheaper than supplements.

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0eR5 TIL there is a message on the Fight Club DVD from Tyler Durden that lasts for one second: “Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you’re alive.”
D8Jr TIL water privatization has proven to be another cause of—rather than a solution to—chronic water shortage problems
GAvp5 TIL China does not recognize international time zones within its borders. The entire country uses China Standard Time which is aligned to Beijing Time
6NOZ TIL When you tell someone a goal or thing you’re planning on doing, it chemically satisfies your brain in a manner that’s similar to having actually completed the goal.
eOm4 TIL when Private 1st Class Edward H. Ahrens in WWII was found clutching a sword surrounded by 13 dead Japanese soldiers, his final words were “I guess they didn’t know I was a marine.”