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TIL there is a species of seaweed that can reduce a cow's methane production by 99%

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BrG1L TIL that there was a complete ban of gum from 1992 to 2004 in Singapore. Since 2004, they have allowed dental gum to be imported in, because the US asked for it in a trade deal. The ban was to the annoyance of chewing gum being everywhere .
nggb TIL Canada uses the poop emoji ? more than any other country, hearts ❤️ are number one in France even beating the standard smiley?, and Australia leads the world in alcoholic ? and drug related ?emojis
ypnJ TIL - There is a girl that can say any word backwards or forwards. Her brain was trained as a child to visualize words differently than most.
gMxa9 TIL Our Sun has "Sunquakes" generating waves reaching 2 miles high and reaching speeds up to 250,000 mph.
gM6g9 TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.