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TIL that beavers build dams based on the sound of flowing water, even if raised in captivity or in the absence of actual water.

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vPv9x TIL An estimated 350,000 Chinese visited North Korean in 2019 and the demographic visiting Pyongyang are between the age of 45 to 60. Many Chinese tell their guides that it is just like how they used to live
JYnP4 TIL that rock band Iron Maiden went to a restaurant after a 1984 concert in Poland. The Maidens saw a wedding inside; after a chat, they took the wedding band's instruments and began playing for the night. Guests had no idea until the groom saw that his wedding band transformed into Iron Maiden.
W9l9 TIL that Benjamin Netanyahu said the 9/11 attacks were beneficial to Israel because it ‘swung American public opinion.’
6E8Ym TIL of Williams Syndrome, a condition that makes you friendly
0wr8M TIL the first official Medals of Honor were awarded to several Union soldiers who went behind enemy lines and commandeered a train and sabotaged their way back to the North.