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TIL American Moose and European Elk are the same species and are only named differently due to language errors.

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0oYR TIL Drug overdose deaths, driven largely by prescription drug overdose deaths, are now the leading cause of injury death in the United States – surpassing motor vehicle crashes.
R7eRj TIL that there exists an asteroid 2010 TK7 (diameter- 300 mt approx) which has the same orbit around sun as earth and period close to earth's period of 365.256 days. It oscillates a lot about its mean position and on its closest approach to earth it was around 50 times farther than the moon is.
neNbG TIL an 18-month-old German Shepherd named Luna fell off a boat in the Pacific Ocean, swam 2 miles to a nearby island, and survived for 5 weeks by eating mice before she was rescued by a team of Navy staffers. She was found to be slightly under-nourished, but in perfect condition otherwise.
b9J0Z TIL about crystal radio, a radio receiver made with simple parts that needs no external power source, all it needs is a radio signal to produce sound.
1a8WW TIL that Bob Dylan, under his own name, has never charted No. 1 on any Billboard Chart until yesterday. His new 17 minute song, "Murder Most Foul" just topped No. 1 on Rock Digital Song Sales Chart