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TIL: Bhutan have banned the sales of pesticides and are set to become the world’s first organic country.

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4kr86 TIL there is a peak in Canada named after American president John F. Kennedy, called Mount Kennedy, in Yukon. It was named in his honour almost a year after his death, in 1964, and was specifically picked out by the Canadian government.
E10kW TIL of a band called Ok Go, who stored one of their albums on DNA by converting their audio into binary code, and then converting the binary into genetic code, which was then "inscribed" onto genetic material.
wd9E TIL porcupines have natural antibiotics in their skin, and are the only mammals native to North America to have such protection.
L1Jm TIL that an Australia bushranger escaped from prison so many times the government had to build a special cell to hold him. It was so strong they promised to forgive his crimes if he could escape again.
1yV4 TIL that a person’s perception of time tends to speed up with age.