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TIL Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi who used to give 80% of his salary to poor students, wins $1m global award for World's best teacher in 2019

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VLG8 TIL naked mole rats can move their front teeth independently of each other (like chopsticks), cannot get cancer, can run backwards as fast as they do forwards, and their skin cannot detect pain (even from acid burns).
5VLJr TIL The US had drones during WWII
dDxKd TIL A man sued the makers of Lineage II, an online game, for making him addicted to it. He claimed that he played the game for over 20,000 hours and neglected his family, hygiene, and health. He won the case and received an undisclosed settlement.
n8xY TIL in the original novel Dracula, Count Dracula could turn into a wolf.
1adY4 TIL Deutsche bank has a lot of questionable suicides among their executives and are involved in fraud/corruption. Currently, a Deutsche bank executive is missing in Los Angeles