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TIL that the Guinness record holder for the largest meal in the world is a traditional Bedouin wedding dish: a whole camel, stuffed with a whole lamb, stuffed with chickens, stuffed with fish, stuffed with eggs.

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0wlj1 TIL clovers used to be part of lawn seed mix and are helpful in many ways to keeping a healthy lawn. About 60-70 years ago they became classified as a weed by savvy marketing teams to sell you products like nitrogen and weed killers, which clovers do naturally by themselves.
KApJ TIL that 112 is an international mobile (cell) phone emergency number that redirects you to the local emergency services.
Wk5nA TIL fireworks were invented in China sometime between 200 BC and 900 AD. It is believed Marco Polo brought fireworks from China to Europe in 1295, and the global popularity exploded after that. In 1830, colors were added in Italy by adding different metallic powders.
dDAP8 TIL that the goofy "baby talk" most adults naturally use to talk to babies actually helps them develop language better than speaking them normally.
b66v4 TIL The Venus de Milo, as a Greek sculpture, would more accurately be called Aphrodite de Milos (Milos is the Greek island where it was discovered). Although it may also be a depiction of the sea goddess, Amphitrite.