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TIL that bamboo is the fastest growing plant, with certain species growing up to 35 inches per day

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Z8OyQ TIL Dissecting human bodies was taboo in antiquity up to the 16th century. The only people to systematically do it before then were Erasistratus and Herophilus from Alexandria. Their work pioneered medicine and anatomy but was criticized by contemporaries, especially their practice of vivisections
0dEbj TIL Kaninhoppning (lit. Bunny Hopping) Is the Rabbit Version of Show Jumping
1a66D TIL Breaking Bad's popularity coincided with a 51% increase in methamphetamine use in Germany, and a 400% increase in meth smuggling attempts in Britain
bGQQ TIL that Korean people use the phrase “my mouth is bored” to express the feeling where you want to eat simply because you’re bored and feeling like munching on something.
l7KxK TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.