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TIL while some mammals have 'baby teeth', others have special stem cells which allow continuously growing teeth. Rats have continuously growing incisors, and rabbits and voles have continuously growing molars

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5YDwp TIL the Bugatti Chiron supercar broke the 300 mph barrier and set a new speed record.
1a6Q4 TIL after divorcing her foreign husband, Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford got him deported by getting her legal team to report him for alleged business fraud. However, after he won child custody, her children were forced to move to France, and now she must travel there to see them.
rRkm0 TIL that "Home Alone" has become a Christmas tradition in Poland, where it's known as "Kevin Sam w Domu" (literally "Kevin Alone in the House"), with Polish TV channels repeatedly airing the film around Christmas Eve for the last 25 years.
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