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TIL that a black fungus that grew inside Chernobyl that eats harmful radiation is proposed as a possible dish for future astronauts

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R5knj TIL that Bosnia and Herzegovina only uses the letters A, E, O, J, K, M and T in its vehicle registration plates because it uses both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, and these letters are written and pronounced identically in both. The same plates can therefore be used in every region.
QN4B9 TIL that Wangari Maathai became the first Black woman to win the 2004 Nobel Peace for her environmental work in Kenya. She was also the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree.
VMOv8 TIL that between 1764-1767, a man-eating animal/group of animals terrorized a province in central France. The number of victims differs greatly, from 60 to over a 100. The beast was allegedly shot and killed in 1767. Modern scholars believe the attacks were carried out by wolves.
lD9a TIL Luc Besson, who made Taken, Lucy, and The Fifth Element was in a relationship with a 15 year old girl that gave birth to his kid. She ended up playing Diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element.
0mNp TIL maned wolf pee smells like cannabis, so much so that the police once searched the Rotterdam Zoo for pot smokers because someone mistook the pee smell for marijuana.