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TIL It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland. It's considered animal abuse because they're social beings and get lonely.

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e5ab TIL The Apollo space suits were made by the bra company Playtex. After years of failures, they threw together a design in just 6 weeks and beat the aerospace companies. This was because one competitor’s design couldn’t fit through the door, and the other competitor had its suit helmet explode.
OG697 TIL through the “heirs’ property loophole” , a company called Adams Creek Associates struck a contested deal in which it claimed purchase of 13 acres in North Carolina’s coastal region. The problem was that the Reels family which has lived on and owned the land for generations, never agreed to this
7rDxZ TIL Moths can't fly during earthquakes because of their lack of ear canals, making them unable to steer themselves
6Dnw TIL Starting in 1945, more than 8,000 Dutch people have adopted the grave of an American WWII soldier buried at Margraten, Netherlands. They visit regularly with flowers and graves are passed to the next generation. There is a waiting list to adopt a grave.
oL0W TIL synthetic shampoos weren’t invented until the 1930s, with daily shampooing only becoming the norm in the 1970s and 1980s.