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TIL Late Empire of China banned Mining because of the traditional cosmological beliefs which regarded the land as a sacred legacy. This ban was lifted in 19th century in order to oppose European and American colonial imperialism and invasion

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64kZ TIL that there was a Peanuts/Spider-Man crossover.
VMyOD TIL a man became a millionaire by selling fake dog balls. Neuticles are prosthetic testicles implanted to help avoid the trauma of altering the pet. A $2800 pair has even been made for an elephant.
BrxVd TIL Tibbles the cat was personally responsible for the extinction of the Stephens Island Wren.
p8lyb TIL Carlsberg Laboratory, owned by the Danish brewer, was where the pH scale was invented, and where the first stable commercial beer yeast was isolated (Saccharomyces pastorianus/Saccharomyces carlsbergensis), along with many other scientific innovations
PY06n TIL that peanut buter was first mentioned by the Incas and the Aztecs and not invented by George Washington Carver.