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TIL that greyhounds are universal blood donors and can donate blood to almost any other breed of dog!

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l7a8V TIL Eternal Recurrence is the idea that everything you experience will repeat in exactly the same way, forever. Expanded on by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it encourages living fully, as your life will be eternally relived in the same moments.
7rDYP TIL In-N-Out burgers operates occasional pop-up restaurants in Australia for the sole purpose of protecting their tradmark there.
nWgbP TIL that when the UK switched from paper to plastic banknotes, some religious groups and vegans protested because the notes contained trace amounts of animal fat, but the government chose not to change the composition.
78aYP TIL that Richard Nixon could play the saxophone, clarinet, accordion and violin without knowing how to read music.
vAmD TIL that Mary Had A Little Lamb has an extended version which touchingly promotes kindness to animals