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TIL that China has made its border tripoint with Russia and North Korea into a tourist attraction called Fangchuan Scenic Area - complete with its own panoramic tower

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WZJN TIL that Wikipedia has an ‘end’.
xD4o TIL: The inventor of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, John Goodenough, does not own a cellphone.
mxX1P TIL about the blanket octopus that has the most extreme form of sexual dimorphism in the animal kingdom. Females can be up to 6 feet and males are only a few centimeters.