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TIL: Snails have Teeth - Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material

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7rMrX TIL that the famous novel Moby Dick was inspired from the Essex tragedy where a sperm whale attacked and sunk the 20 man American whaler
DaOr TIL that President Clinton did not carry credit cards or much cash and became notorious for borrowing money from Secret Service guards while out shopping.
NX7pN TIL that Lewis and Clark were accompanied on their famous Voyage of Discovery by a dog named Seaman