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TIL that a snail has about 2,000-15,000 teeth.

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D1nbv TIL that Bhutan is the only country in the world that by its own constitution protects its forests, and the country measures progress not through its Gross Domestic Product but through "Gross National Happiness."
eBGb TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
dDLZQ TIL: In 1904, a man survived falling over Niagara Falls without a barrel, becoming the first recorded unprotected fall survivor.
ookr TIL Mr Roger’s car was once stolen but the thief returned it when he realized whose car he had stolen.
EgoMd TIL pigs were first commercially slaughtered in Cincinnati, which became known as "Porkopolis"; by the mid 1800s Cincinnati led the nation in pig processing.