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TIL ruminates like cows and camels gain protein by digesting some of the microbes that grow in their stomachs.

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v9RD TIL the official state gem of Washington is petrified wood
Y7KOW TIL that before modern safety regulations, the rule of thumb was that one person would die per $1M spent on a construction project
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