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TIL although Liechtenstein has a population of 38,000, it is the world's largest exporter of false teeth

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P1Qmn TIL the 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado caused numerous fatal fungal infections in people injured by debris.
9Yd57 TIL Thomas Jefferson had a Shetland sheep that he kept on the White House lawn described as "this abominable animal". It would attack people who took shortcuts across the lawn, injuring a few people and killing a small boy.
jDkR TIL approximately 25% of all black swan pairings are between homosexual males. Some couples are so eager for cygnets that “They steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs”.
8Z7K TIL that President Roosevelt kept a pet badger in the White House
ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships