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TIL that the bigger an animal’s brain, the longer it will yawn

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aA59 TIL - There used to be fake Apple stores in China, even the staff were convinced they were working for Apple
eWR4 TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
6eb7 TIL there are only four remaining people in the U.S who receive medical marijuana from the federal government, making them the only people completely immune from prosecution for cannabis use.
rZ1d TIL in 1999 Coca Cola invented a vending machine that could adjust its prices based on the temperature, allowing it to hike up the price of a Coke on a hot summer day. Customers denounced the idea, while even Pepsi accused Coke of exploitation
166oW TIL The Jeremy Kyle Show, a popular UK talk show, was cancelled in 2019 after a guest died of a suspected suicide seven days after he failed a lie detector test on the show. He was taking part in the show in an attempt to prove he had not cheated on his fiancee.