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TIL that our teeth can have stones- they’re called pulp stones and up to 1/2 of all teeth have them!

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WkwX TIL that in 2005 the Georgian President fired the entire traffic police force in an attempt to reduce corruption (xpost; original post did not gain visibility).
EgPVp TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee.
QJd8p TIL that David Mech, who came up with the concept of the alpha wolf, later rejected the notion and now teaches against it.
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