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TIL the NHS has begun prescribing fishing as a treatment for depression and anxiety

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wLR01 TIL The 45th POTUS's grandfather made his initial wealth by opening a dead horse meat tent restaurant, and brothel, for miners during the Gold Rush in Canada, and the only reason he was in America at the time was because he had been banished from Bavaria for fleeing military conscription
WkxG9 TIL that honeybees can identify male drones born of incest and will eat them alive once they hatch
neLGW TIL there are 5 countries without a written, codified constitution: New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Israel and Saudi Arabia. They rely instead on a conjunction of separate documents and precedents for legal decision-making.
WZeo TIL there is no floating timeline in the animated series “Adventure Time.” Meaning the characters age as the show progresses. For example, Finn the Human was 12 during the first season and is now 16 years old.
wojDJ TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. More than 200 pyramids were built in Sudan, as opposed to the 118 pyramids in all of Egypt, during the ancient reign.