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TIL "The Eternaut" is a legendary Argentine graphic novel, first published in 1957. Its author was "disappeared" by the military dictatorship in 1977, yet today the book is so revered the government distributes it to high schools. It received its first official English translation in 2015.

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dDwQZ TIL In 2013, the first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China. Scientists were able to create the tooth using epithelial cells extracted from human urine.
grBDy TIL of the "Wolfram Crisis" - a WW2 diplomatic conflict between Spain and Allied powers - starving Nazi military industrial complex of tungsten was so important, UK and USA had to forcefully coerce Spain to stop its exports of the metal to Germany
jEBa TIL that you need to “prove” you’re gay to the Turkish military by showing “photographic evidence”, basically showing a picture of yourself having sex as the “bottom”, because being “top” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re gay
lDJK TIL a Japanese company invented a robot that sits on your back and feeds you tomatoes while you run
786vM TIL that the domestic cat (Felis catus) is included in the list of "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Species" published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature