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TIL that dental fluoride was discovered due to a chemist investigating the weird staining on the teeth of people living in a small town in Colorado.

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1omP TIL that Bhutan is the only country to have officially adopted gross national happiness instead of the gross domestic product as the main development indicator
nebe7 TIL about City-Gods. In Folk Chinese Religion, adherents believe that when a city is founded, a local deity shall emerge in heaven & watch over that specific city & its people. These deities are usually deified historic local officials, or local spirits & Dragons living in nearby holy sites/rivers.
b9p7Z TIL Nancy Wake was a secret agent during WWII. In 1944, she led 7000 guerrillas to defeat 22000 German soldiers, killing 1400 Germans and only losing 100 men. They accounted for 70% of the Germans killed by the French resistance, yet their fatalities made up only 1% of the French resistance deaths.
dw17 TIL Testimony of war crimes committed by Iraq against Kuwait was an astroturf campaign to sell Operation Desert Storm to the American people, people involved included senators and congressmen who knowingly lied.
P1Lww TIL that "Bee Flies" exist, and they look like little fluffy flying narwhales!