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N788b TIL robbers in India robbed trains using 1 rupee coins. The coins were used to complete the signal circuit normally completed by train wheels to make the light go red and stop the train
bKXa TIL some animals use copper, instead of iron as a way to transport oxygen through their blood
6XjJ TIL there is a disorder that is thought to be purely psychological called Pseudocyesis, where a woman shows all the symptoms of being pregnant except for the presence of a fetus. Their belly grows at the right rate and they can even go into false labour
NXnxP TIL There's a marshmallow plant. It has been used since antiqity for a number of reasons, including a honey-sweetened confection for sore throats.
GYW6Q TIL At no point in recorded history was there a discrepancy on whether the earth was flat or round. People accepted the earth as round as science evolved.