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TIL that scientists have built a device that can scan the pattern of stripes on zebras, as if it were a bar code, in order to differentiate between them.

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LkR9P TIL: In the 16th century, the Pope declared the Capybara a fish, and it was allowed to be eaten during Lent.
80LK TIL there are exploding lakes. Lake Nyos in Cambodia exploded in 1986 after being saturated with carbon dioxide from the volcanic vent below it. The resulting CO2 cloud suffocated 1700 people.
5xkn TIL that a beach in New Zealand is a registered public highway
E1gbp TIL Only one woman, Mary Edwards Walker, has received the Medal of Honor, and her award was temporarily rescinded.
W6RY TIL that US President Andrew Jackson, who now appears on the $20 bill, thought that paper money was inherently evil.