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TIL Dueling (til death) is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

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YpwkP TIL that the Disney film Pocahontas originally had a role written for John Candy. He was supposed to voice a turkey named Redfeather.
Oo6aR TIL the record for most children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 labors, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
neX6Y TIL In Peru guinea pigs are such a large part of the traditional cuisine that the Cathedral Basilica has a rendition of the last supper that depicts Jesus dining on guinea pig
bo6a TIL that professor David Nutt (psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist), and the U.K.’s Chief Advisor on Drugs Policy, was sacked in 2009 when all his research proved that ecstasy and weed were less dangerous than alcohool and tobacco.
R5ZWw TIL "Bezoar stones", undigested matter in porcupines, proboscis monkeys, and other animal's intestines, were once prized in Europe and Asia as magical cure-all stones and worn by royalty on rings.