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TIL the use of table forks was once considered unmanly and was controversial and the Catholic Church for being an "excessive delicacy".

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OoRg TIL that the province of Alberta, Canada is rat-free, due to a comprehensive government program started in the 1950’s
pYrGA TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.
ZZBQ TIL Blue-eyed people tend to have a higher alcohol tolerance and are therefore more likely to be drunks.
N767b TIL a Venus flytrap can count the number of times its victims touch the hairs on its leaves. One touch does nothing, two closes the trap, three primes the trap for digestion, five triggers the production of digestive enzyme. So, victims tell the plant to start killing it and how vigorously to do so.