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TIL In Mozambique, overhead power lines have to be at least 12 m (39 ft) high to permit safe passage of giraffes.

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v1r8 TIL In the Bible, Adam is not banished from Eden for eating the fruit of knowledge: he is banished in case he eats the fruit of ANOTHER forbidden tree, which will make him immortal. Notice also multiple Gods are referenced in the passage.
rvKw TIL that if you loose a tooth but can put it back in it’s socket within 20 minutes, there’s an extremely high chance that the roots will heal themselves.
x6rkB TIL Nimrod is a biblical figure who is known as a mighty hunter. While most people think it means idiot or fool due to Bugs Bunny, he actually called Elmer Fudd this sarcastically because he is an awful hunter
Wb9L TIL that when General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (considered the only undefeated German General during WWI) was offered by Hitler to become the German Ambassador to Great Britain in 1935, General Lettow-Vorbeck to Hitler “to go fuck himself.”
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