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TIL a professional soccer player for the Gabon national team, Guelor Kanga, was called to a disciplinary committee to explain how he was born in 1990, yet his mother had passed away in 1986.

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X0GAP TIL that the world’s first true electric car, the Flocken Elektrowagen, was built by Andreas Flocken in 1888. This wooden, high-wheeled vehicle was powered by an electric motor on the rear axle, achieving speeds of around 15 km/h.
neMNG TIL There were 80 million undetonated bombs (UXO) in Laos from the Vietnam War. There is a group called Article22 that works with local Laotian craftspeople and the MAG (Mines Advisory Panel) to clear UXO and turn it into beautiful jewelry.
LkZj0 TIL that while there is a large focus on the phenomenon of suicide in Japan / Japanese culture, they actually have lower suicide rates than Belgium, India, South Korea, Russia, and 20+ other countries. Their rate is barely higher than the United States.
Br98k TIL that Segway Inc., the company that originally produced "the Segway", a two-wheeled vehicle once hailed as the future of personal transportation, permanently stopped producing the Segway in 2020.
a8OXN TIL: In 2022, Airbus announced they were going to create a production site in space. They teamed up with the European Space Agency to bring several metal 3d printers into space. The lack of weight and size constraints will allow satellites to be built in space using moondust.