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TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.

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p8QQG TIL Starfish can drop off their arms when they feel threatened. Some species can even regenerate themselves from a single arm, as long as there's a small portion of the central disk, and some also reproduce that way, simply splitting in half to become two individual starfish.
d88rQ TIL a "grass fed beef" cow is started on a grass diet but have either received supplemental grain feed or are finished on a fully grain-based diet
699P7 TIL about the battle of talas. A battle where the forces of the Abbasid caliphate and the allied Tibetian empire fought against the Tang Dynasty of China for control of sry darya region of Central Asia. The battle ended with a Abbasid victory that marked the end of the Tang westward expansion.
YpVwr TIL - Lima beans are young Butter Beans
j6NEQ TIL that fireflies are facing extinction in the United States.