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TIL Vatican City is the only place in the world where cash machines offer instructions in Latin.

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8X64 TIL that professional bowling involves different, specific oil patterns on the lanes that the bowler must figure out, as it affects the performance of the ball, adding an inperceivable level of difficulty to the sport.
5V9aD TIL that the lily plant is incredibly toxic to cats and if they ingest any part of it they have an almost 100% mortality rate. Even the flower's pollen getting in their fur or water can kill cats.
WalB TIL that in 1894 a local priest saved a 4 year old boy from drowning, that 4 year old boy was Hitler.
6KY7 TIL that the physics behind the CGI in the movie Interstellar was so complex that it led to the discovery of the true shape of black holes
4XjjR TIL Blue Whales cannot swallow large prey because their throat is tiny – only 4 to 8 inches in diameter! They primarily eat one of the smallest animals in the ocean – shrimp-like creatures called krill.