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TIL that Termites can produce Hydrogen
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TIL The eldest son of Genghis Khan, Jochi, may not have been his. Khan's first wife was kidnapped and found 8 months later, pregnant. Khan treated him as his own, but doubt in legitimacy led to Ögedei as the heir.
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TIL fewer than 12% of the companies that were on the 1955 Fortune 500 list still were on it in 2017.
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TIL a man suffered a fatal stab wound from a knife-wielding chicken while watching an illegal cockfight in California
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TIL The second man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Bobby Leach, survived the fall but later died as a result of slipping on a piece of orange peel.
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TIL that 156 years ago today, March 30 1858, the first wooden pencil with a rubber eraser was patented.