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TIL that King Cobra is not a Cobra.

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ne1DB TIL Japan's aging demographic problem is so bad the country sells more adult diapers than baby ones
OoLyg TIL Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844. Smith had sent letters to the major candidates but all ignored him or did not commit to helping the Latter-day Saints. On 27 June Smith was killed by an angry mob, making him the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated.
gMpy TIL over 2000 years ago, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth’s circumference using good old math, without ever leaving Egypt, and he was accurate to within 2%
d8oJB TIL In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson secretly commissioned an actuarial study that accurately predicted he would die at 64.
78m7Z TIL there's a noodle factory in Indonesia that still uses a bull to mill its flour and make the dough