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TIL Doctors use Coca-Cola to dissolve human hairballs (gastric bezoars). Instructions: drink 10 cans within 12 hours.

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7rKbZ TIL Latvia's symbol of national identity is a rare breed of cow with light blue or dark ultramarine hides, dark meat and produce very little milk. Under Soviet times, the cow was considered useless and tried to breed other cow breeds to replace it, nearly driving the blue cow to extinction.
9wM4X TIL that prior to 9/11, the most FDNY firefighters lost in a single day was 12. The 23rd St Fire on October 17, 1966 killed 12 Firefighters when a floor collapsed. A recent renovation to the building had removed a load-bearing wall in the basement to increase storage space for an art dealer tenant.
d1G9 TIL A woodpecker’s tongue wraps around it’s brain to protect it while it hammers at 1500 g-force units
Br8ee TIL of Aleksander Doba, a Polish kayaker known primarily for his long voyages across oceans. He kayaked across the Atlantic Ocean under his own power on three separate occasions. He completed his last crossing at the age of 70. His passages remain the longest open-water kayak voyages ever made
x6lv5 TIL Mafia receipts account for 9% of Italy’s GDP. The ‘Ndrangheta alone account for 3%.