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TIL that “smart” bullets, precision-guided firearm bullets that can alter course and accurately correct their path to a target, exist. They have been in development since as early as 2008 by DARPA and have been fire-tested successfully

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LDmv TIL A tribe of Asian pygmies called the Taron are purposely letting themselves go extinct. They are a pure and isolated race, but inbreeding has caused deformities and mental issues that have prompted their decision to die out and have thusly dwindled down to 12.
e0676 TIL that George Orwell had trouble getting Animal Farm published due to Soviet-British relations during WW2. Once, a publisher agreed to release the novella but later reneged after warning from an officer at the British Ministry of Information. The officer was soon discovered to be a Soviet spy.
e4NL TIL Diamonds are relatively abundant but their price is high due to artificial supply restrictions
b6Dmj TIL that Margaret Thatcher was opposed to the fall of the Berlin Wall and actively tried to stop it
OooW7 TIL that Beatrix Potter, the author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was also one of the leading mycologists of her time.