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TIL that China has started to ban eating dogs and cats (Shenzhen and Zhuhai)

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yKwe TIL Andrew Jackson said for a people to really be free they need to have a revolution every 20 years
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mxjay TIL Jimmy Carter called Egyptian president Sadat’s assassination in 1981 “one of the worst days of my life.” Carter knew Sadat's successsor, Mubarak, quite well. Decades later, Carter became disappointed and stopped speaking to Mubarak after he stayed in power too long
8ePYG TIL that mice given injections of transporter viruses, loaded with telomerase genes, not only experience healthier aging with less disease, but also live 25% longer
oBbr7 TIL that the electricity-generating 'dynamos' on bikes are actually called magnetos because they output alternating current.