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TIL: Although pandas eat mostly bamboo and fruit, their teeth are carnivorous, meaning they would be able to chew and consume tough meat. Unlike other bears, pandas do not hibernate, as they are unable to store energy over long periods of time (hence their 12-hour eating routine).

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4XY6w TIL - In 1836 a lowly sewer worker asked the governors at the Bank of England to meet him in the vault because he had identified a breach of security. Incredulously they complied, only to see the man pop up to join them through a hole in the floor by moving a few floorboards.
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