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TIL in South American countries like Bolivia, children who work have formed their own worker’s unions and are advocating for their right to work to be written into the constitution.

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xV4Eb TIL that the tumbleweed originally came from Russia
E1mp7 TIL: Rattlesnakes are losing their rattles gradually with the presence of humans. 400 years ago, they would have greeted you with a blood-curdling rattle. But now human presence around them increased and they took a decision not to rattle when they perceived danger.
jNy1a TIL scientists have found a way to make a mini dam. They can harvest the mechanical energy from the falling rain, and they convert it into electrical energy.
1xb7 TIL: Mark Twain once said, “ the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Biblelying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn’t anger me.”
mxOdP TIL that Danny Devito was an executive producer for Pulp Fiction