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TIL there are 340,000 to 680,000 slaves in Mauritania
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TIL the “#” of C# was based on a small grid of 4 “+” signs, implying it is an increment of C++
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TIL the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte was approved by Hitler to be the largest tank ever built, it would have weighed over 1000 tonnes and would have destroyed bridges due to it's weight alone
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TIL the International Democrat Union, an international alliance of centre-right and conservative political parties, of which the German CDU is a memeber, is chaired by Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada.
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TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
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TIL Bob Dylan never visited Elvis because he wanted to uphold the image of "the powerful mystical Elvis that had crash-landed from a burning star onto American soil. After Elvis died he didn't speak to anyone for a week.