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TIL, some zoos raise puppies with captive cheetah kittens to help reduce anxiety, stress and develop social skills

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E1vNd TIL there is a correlation between toilet mold/rings and diabetes due to high blood sugar levels which causes the body to release glucose through the urinal stream, therefore giving more fuel for mold growth.
9wBWM TIL that before adopting Chinese characters, Japan had no native writing system. Information was passed on orally in spoken Japanese until the 4th century CE when Korean Buddhist missionaries introduced the script to Japan. There is no evidence of any indigenous script or writing system before this.
Z8erv TIL Because Nickelodeon’s Global GUTS featured 12 different countries, each episode had to be customized by region; with the exception of Great Britain, every international network had its own host and producer.
nW8vG TIL that each color in a roll of Smarties candy has its own flavor, and that green is strawberry
l79EK TIL about the Mimizuka. A monument dedicated to the 40,000 noses cut from Korean faces and brought to the Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi by his soldiers during the Imjin War