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TIL that in Greenland they speak Greenlandic.

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KYlEa TIL that the world's oldest known recipe is for beer! It dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, around 3,900 years ago, and includes instructions on how to brew a delicious barley-based beer.
mxZ0Y TIL that an average-sized cat with its limbs extended achieves a terminal velocity of about 60mph (97km/h), while an average-sized man reaches a terminal velocity of about 120mph (193km/h). This is why cats can survive falls from such great heights.
D15Ev Today I Learned that Prostate cancer has a higher mortality- and appearance -rate than breast cancer (at least in the UK). With a lack of awareness leading to less overall funding to further research efforts. Despite of it, there has been great strides none the less, with lowering in all rates.
mxrYo TIL prior to 2003, if you changed wireless carriers, you would have to get a new phone number, since carriers were not required by law to transfer your phone number
pYEgN TIL that the term “shirako” (literally “white child”) refers to the testicles or sperm sacs of male fish, which are considered a delicacy in Japan.