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TIL Wolverine is an actual animal, not just a comic book character

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4knNb TIL that in the 1980s, General Motors experimented with a coal-powered car, as an attempt to diversify fuel sources during an era of oil crises.
wLRV1 TIL At age 24, George Ellery Hale revolutionized solar observations with his invention of the spectroheliograph, making it possible to photograph the sun's prominences in full daylight. A spectroheliograph can tune-in to gases such as hydrogen and calcium, and photograph specific solar details
bVAE TIL Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to experience withdrawal from
4DxJ TIL that Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.
0dQaM TIL that Indigenous tribes in North America made some of the first root-based teas, which later inspired root beer. Pharmacist Charles Hires found a tea, recreated it, and renamed it 'root beer' to make it more masculine and appealing to local coal miners.