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Y7VXx TIL beavers’ teeth are orange because they’re fortified with iron
m1NXE TIL from 1948 to 1952, future West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was a paid informant on the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, providing reports on the situation in East Germany.
KO0nR TIL the original Sesame Street DVDs come with a warning that says “These early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grownups and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child.”
4kBMb TIL Charles Darwin has a copy of Karl's Marx's book back on display
jNabn TIL that the largest amount of money ever stolen in a mugging is £291 million, stolen from a Bank of England courier in 1990 in an operation that involved the Five Families, the IRA, and Columbian drug lords