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

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Ropj TIL in 2008 the Norwegian Government donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rainforest.
XxjX TIL that the first automobile used in a war was a steam car. The British preferred it because they could tap the boiler to brew a cup of tea.
9wbNX TIL of the General Strike of 1842 when English workers went on strike, demanding their government act in their interest.
4XxbJ TIL Coffee improves short term memory, creativity and alertness.
edDg TIL that Ferdinand Cheval, a postman, every day, for 35 years, picked up stones during his daily mail round. He used the stones to build ‘the perfect palace’, one of the most beautiful amateur architectural works known today.