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TIL The government of the Republic of Botswana owns 15% of De Beers.

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4XX66 TIL: Rifle, Colorado has a restaurant named Shooters where the entire wait staff openly carries firearms.
OoEYg TIL about Silver Apples, the pop duo from the ‘60s that used WWII oscillators to make the first synth-pop music, sharply gaining massive popularity before disappearing due to a lawsuit regarding a controversial album cover and being largely forgotten until recently.
E1Kv0 TIL Scientists trained 17 rats to drive tiny cars; each rat stood on the aluminum floor of the car & gripped copper bars with their paws to complete a circuit to propel the car. By touching left/center/right on the bar, rats could steer to pick up rewards of Froot Loops morsels in the arena.
YpoEv TIL Henry VIII wanted to cancel his wedding with Anne of Cleves because he found her extremely ugly. He felt he was bamboozled by his advisors, who greatly exaggerated her beauty and brought him portraits of her that looked nothing like the real Anne in order to get him to agree to the marry her
jPWj TIL the brain releases so much dopamine during orgasms that a brain scan resembles that of someone on heroin.