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TIL that Unicorn is the national animal of Scotland

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lxB5 TIL the inventor of the television would not let his own children watch TV. He once said to his son “There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet.” - Philo T Farnsworth
KOdGJ TiL Blood donors in Sweden get a text message whenever their blood saves someone's life. With blood donation rates in decline all over the developed world, Sweden's blood service is enlisting new technology to help push back against shortages.
kmle TIL a fully powered and equipped movie theatre, including a fully stocked bar, was discovered within the catacombs of Paris. The source of electricity and those responsible is still unknown.
j6Vej TIL More than one million Chinese soldiers crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War and soldiers stayed for years afterwards to help with reconstruction and aid. However, the Chinese were told to avoid any close connection with North Koreans and not to mingle or make friends
LQLMV TIL Potassium chloride, a salt substitute for food often mixed with ordinary table salt to form low sodium salt, is used as the final drug in the sequence of execution by lethal injection