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TIL the average lifetime cost of raising a dog is $23,410

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wrGE TIL A scientific study shows that if you are regularly annoyed by other’s eating noises, you might be a genius. Creative minds cannot filter out noise from the surroundings as much as those who are less creative. Charles Darwin struggled with filtering out noise.
4l6R TIL of a Biotech firm that can create fake rhino horns indistinguishable from real ones, and plans to flood the market with them so as to crash the price of Rhino horns and disincentive poaching.
j8NM TIL there was a Japanese man who survived 24 days of cold weather by inadvertently falling into a state of hibernation. When he was found, his temperature had dropped to 71°F.
PYnpG TIL to reconstruct the Great Pyramid of Giza today, it would require about $5 billion, 5 years, 1,500 to 2,000 workers, and 2.3 million stones weighing 3 tons each, according to Jean-Pierre Houdin, a French architect who has helped create a virtual model of the ancient construction system.
GAxrE TIL There are ‘visa temple’ in India where Hindu worshippers visit to pray for successful path to the USA