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TIL killing a panda can result in the death penalty in China

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grLvW TIL that Edinburgh’s Old Town has underground streets where people used to live
5VOPn TIL that Uruguay is considered to have won the world cup 4 times and is therefore allowed to have 4 stars on their FIFA world cup jersey
5Y4Gk TIL of Thomas De Quincy, a 19th century opium addict whose memoir is responsible for the invention of 159 common words including earth-shattering, interconnection, incubator, entourage, subconscious and post-natal. He also popularised the term 'pipe dream'.
LloP TIL the word “niggardly” is an adjective meaning “stingy” or “miserly,” and is completely unrelated to the racial slur “nigger” despite their phonetic similarity.
E11OW TIL that captive orcas still hunt. They use bait to catch wild birds.