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TIL "Wakanda" is the supreme being from American Indian mythology

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Merb7 TIL Crows were the cause of the exploding toad mystery in Germany simply because they wanted to eat toad liver.
KweB TIL seconds is short form for second minutes as it is the second division of an hour by sixty
4kAn6 TIL that the N1, the rocket developed for the Soviet moon landing program, had a missile variant designed to deliver 17 multi-megaton nuclear warheads, essentially destroying the entire United States in a single launch
78NZP TIL that Richard Harding was hanged in 1805 for forging the tax stamp on the Ace of Spades. At the time, British playing cards were taxed, and this card bore an emblem proving duty paid. Forging it was a capital crime, helping link the Ace of Spades with death.
POAn TIL German monks living off nothing but beer during Lent felt guilty because it tasted so good. So they brought the beer to Rome for the Popes approval of the practice. But on the journey it went bad. Pope tasted it. Pope hated it. Monks were allowed to have it for Lent.