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TIL that there are actually five Dwarf Planets in our Solar System.

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b6gQj TIL: Asymptomatic pigs can carry BSE(Mad Cow Disease) prions and become a reservoir for the disease.
Z8g9D TIL that Morocco was the first independent nation to publicly recognize the United States
JYDB4 TIL you would need to eat about 200 apple seeds, or about 20 whole apples to kill yourself.
eYyJ TIL Operation Mockingbird was a classified CIA program spanning from the 50’s through to late 70’s intended to influence the media and create ‘a propaganda network’ of leading American journalists.
5VVlD TIL that Mongolia built a 130 foot statue of Genghis Khan in 2008. 782 years after his death in 1226 A.D.