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TIL British and American butchers have different names for the same cuts of beef.

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0woMA TIL the Echis (Saw-Scaled Viper) is responsible for more human related deaths than any other snake and is arguably responsible for more deaths per year than all other snake species combined.
8b4X TIL that your pupils can expand by as much as 45% when looking at someone you love
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