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TIL Opossums are the only non-primate with opposable thumbs, and they’re the only North American marsupial (meaning they have a pouch, like kangaroos)

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X0ndD TIL Ireland ranks third in the world for GDP per capita.
oBwpK TIL Aside from prequels, there are also the midquels, which includes interquels and intraquels. Prequels portray events prior those of the original work, interquels refer to works which take place between two preceding works, and intraquels take place in between events in a single work.
N568 TIL that most flat glass is made by floating a pool of molten glass above a pool of molten metal
69WJ7 TIL anyone in the world, any age, can receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus in Canada for free if they write him and mail the letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada. Schools classrooms can get a poster sized letter with all students name on it too.
LABV TIL of Japan’s Unit 731, which committed some of the most terrible war crimes in World War II, including human vivisections, innoculation of diseases, and exposure to radiation and poison gas to thousands of innocent Chinese and Russians. These crimes are still denied by the Japanese people today.