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

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R7e7a TIL of Nepal’s 288% automobile tax rate. If you were to buy a car that costs 10k in the US, it would cost around 30k in Nepal.
j9vE TIL when a caterpillar is eating a tobacco plant, the plant sends out a chemical distress call that attracts predators of the caterpillar
NWg1 TIL: In Canada, a financial advisEr has to put your interests first; an advisOr doesn’t.
x4ow TIL when their child was diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosa, a condition in which exposure to sunlight causes third degree burns and cancer, a New York couple founded Camp Sundown, a summer camp for kids with xeroderma pigmentosa where all normal camp activities are held after sundown.
A7Na TIL that leaf cutter ants do not eat leaves. They feed the leaves to a fungi within their nest and then feed off the fungi. This is an example of Mutualism, which is a type of Symbiosis.