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TIL that until 2012 the U.S. state of North Dakota wasn't technically a state due to an error in their state constitution which lacked the required oath of office to qualify for statehood.

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oRwOW TIL about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.
epxRb TIL Wired telegraph sounders didn't emit beeps. Instead, the signal was fed to an electromagnet which caused a spring-loaded lever to emit clicks for "on" and "off"
BrnWk TIL about Madame Popova who operated a murder-for-hire service in Russia that specialized in liberating married women from their cruel husbands for a fee. She murdered over 300 victims, by using poison, her own hands, a weapon, or hiring an assassin.
KaLB TIL carrots aren’t actually that good for rabbits, since they are high in sugar, and they don’t form a natural part of their diet.
ewPk TIL Python, the programming language, was named after Monty Python’s Flying Circus.