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TIL: Teams that disagree more perform better than those which do not

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9wd8G TIL in the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo cars from Sweden. The cars were shipped & delivered but North Korea just didn't bother paying & ignored the invoice. Till this day the bill remains unpaid making it the largest car theft in history.
ADd5n TIL Mithridates VI of Pontus daily ingested small doses of poison because he feared being poisoned during his reign. After defeat by Pompey in the third Mithridatic war, he tried to commit suicide by using poison. His attempt failed because he had developed immunity.
4XARw TIL that a shark found in Greenland is the oldest living vertebrate on our planet, estimated to be around 512 years old.
OGo4g TIL that the big brassy theme song of Monty Python's Life of Brian was performed by a 16-year-old girl
vxdj TIL about Freeze Branding, to alter the hair folicle of an animal and make the hair grow back white. If the animal is white, they keep the brand longer so the area remains bald.