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TIL almost half of all vetoes ever cast since the UN Security Council’s inception came from its member USSR/Russia

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yWxw TIL the West African Ebola outbreak is linked to people eating bats.
dDRpB TIL that the founder of the soft-serve chain Fosters Freeze had acquired the rights to open the first Dairy Queen franchise in California, but discovered strict dairy industry laws in the state prohibited using “Dairy” in his business name.
yGJw TIL there is a drug, ibogaine, that after one dose eliminates the craving for heroin, cocaine and alcohol
6PEm TIL cannibalism is legal. The laws broken by most cannibals are murder/desecration of a corpse. If someone cuts off their own flesh and does not die, you may legally consume it.
nWy4W TIL that Scotland was once home to 2 feet long scorpions