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TIL Scooby Doo's full name is Scoobert Doobert Doo II

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R5dw TIL that people with a certain type of dwarfism are genetically protected against getting diabetes and cancer
j6nOQ TIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90s
5Vygr TIL after feeling dissapointed by how DARLING in the FRANXX ended and wanting to explore some of the concepts, canadian writer Xiran Jay Zhao wrote Iron Widow, a reimagining of the story of Wu Zetian in a futuristic medieval China. The book won multiple awards and became a NY Times best seller.
5O6R TIL that sloppy Medical handwriting kills more than 7,000 people every year
M7YVB TIL that Guaíra Falls, a spectacular series of 18 waterfalls along the border of Brazil and Paraguay, was completely submerged and destroyed when a power plant dam was created; the dam resulted in a reservoir large enough to cover them.