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TIL: With a practice dating back to the 16th century, there are still some banks in Italy which accept wheels of Parmesan as collateral for a secured loan with favourable terms

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p8oMO TIL A Female Kangaroo has Three (3) Vaginas, & they can have a simultaneous dual pregnancies and give birth to a joey on separate months of a year.
EgojP TIL of the time that over 1,000 buffalo were abandoned in Brazil
gJlb TIL the Dung Beetle is the only known insect that uses the Milky Way as a reference to moving in a straight line despite not being able to see individual stars. Scientists initially thought they were using the moon, however, they still moved in a straight line on moonless nights.
LkOjP TIL that when a man had a heart attack at a grocery story in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived - and he survived
9YdYp TIL: Tokyo subway stations installed blue LEDs, shown to improve mood, with hope of reducing suicides. It worked. Suicides at stations with blue lights dropped 84%, without corresponding increases stations without the lights. Note: blue light is good for mood, but bad for sleeping.