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TIL You should not cook raw beans in a slow cooker.

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rN464 Today I learned under Mansa Musa of the Malian Empire, military heroes were granted trousers as a sign of prestige. The greater the hero, the bigger the pants.
xvg7 TIL that a pair of human feet consist of 52 bones and account for 25% of all bones in the body.
QNjyp TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to avoid drifting apart.
negGB TIL that for every child born or adopted in Wales, the Welsh government will plant a native Welsh broadleaf tree. The scheme is called Plant! – the Welsh word for children.
vwQ7 TIL the tallest unoccupied building in the world is a 3,000 room hotel in North Korea. Construction on the 1,082-foot Ryugyong Hotel began in 1987 and was halted in 1992. After a number of attempts to resurrect the project, the hotel still hasn’t opened, 28 years after construction began.