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TIL that wearing jeans is illegal in North Korea.
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TIL Trees emerged 350 million years ago. It took another 60 million years for wood-eating bacteria to evolve. Trees between this period eventually turned into the most of the coal we use today.
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TIL the guy responsible for many of the sex act images on Wikipedia is gloriously named SeedFeeder and drew inspiration from airline safety guides.
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Today I learned the phrase "mad as a hatter" or "madhatter" comes from old hat makers using mercury to shape animal pelts into top hats.
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TIL that in 1968 the french author and résistance hero Romain Gary challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel after he learned that Eastwood had an affair with his wife, the actress Jean Seberg
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TIL about the Year Without a Summer. In 1816, a combination of volcanic eruptions led to snow in June, the creation of the bicycle, and the writing of Frankenstein.