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TIL the incisors of Beavers are orange because they contain iron. That iron strengths the teeth and better able to cut through wood.

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XYjX TIL that the act of Kinetic Bombardment (firing large metal rods from a satellite into the Earth’s surface at terminal velocity as a weapon) remains legal
QJ77X TIL in 2005, the US introduced a new $1 coin that you could buy and have shipped for free. people took advantage of this by buying them with a credit card then immediately using the coins to pay their bill to get free airline miles. one man abused this so much that he earned 4 million airline miles
negA7 TIL there are sea angels in the Arctic Ocean. From 2017, so this is old news, but they're beautiful and majestic. Naked mollusks that feed on sea butterflies.
5JBD TIL: Sean Connery was forced to wear a toupee during each of the Bond movies because he had started balding at the age of 21.
9YjVr TIL the first vending machine to sell live crabs debuted in 2010 in a train station in Nanjing. The machine sells about 200 live crabs a day, with prices from $2 to $7. A sign next to the machine states each crab will come out alive, offering refund of three live crabs for every dead one to pop out.