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TIL That there is a nameless isle within Victoria Island in Canada’s Nunavut Territory that is an island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island

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jNvyN TIL Guan Pinghu was a leading player of the guqin or Chinese zither. His recording of "Stream" was included in the Voyager Golden Record, containing music from around the world, which was sent into space by NASA. It is the longest excerpt included on the disc and the only excerpt of Chinese music
QNZZa TIL in 1985, the French President François Mitterrand authorized a state-sponsored terror attack on New Zealand soil, killing a Dutch citizen.
0d7PA TIL pupil size Is a marker of intelligence
OoOG4 TIL vulpinic acid is poisonous to all meat-eaters but not to mice and rabbits
kll4 TIL 80% of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals, and 80% of pig farms, sheep farms, and cattle feedlots use low levels of antibiotics in feed and water. Evidence shows staph bacteria can pass from humans to pigs, evolve resistance to antibiotics, and then pass back into humans.