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TIL Concrete absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.

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9wdRX TIL That the Philippines has the largest endemic wild pig species in the Genus Sus
XeVP TIL lobsters have teeth in their stomach
KOXpw TIL that Genghis Khan slaughtered the inhabitants of an entire city because they killed his son-in-law. Khans grieving daughter requested that all citizens be decapitated to ensure they were dead and that pyramids be built from their skulls
AD6L4 TIL about James Dresnok, an American soldier who defected to North Korea in 1962 and lived there until his death in 2016.
0drkA TIL there was an entire recent brutal 2 year war in Tigray Region of Ethiopia with more than half a million people killed.