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TIL that beavers have iron teeth - literally.

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8Vb TIL that Mansa Musa, Emperor of the Malian Empire, gave away so much gold to the poor that he devalued the currency and devastated the economy of the Middle East and North Africa for years
4koBb TIL that in 12th grade Steve Wozniak made a fake bomb, laughed at the principal that disarmed it then electrocuted the guards at juvenile detention with 120v electricity.
Jn1j TIL In North Korea it is the year 103, not 2014. This is because their calendar is based around the birth of Kim Il-Sung
oVGo TIL of the ‘Japanese Smoking Paradox’ where Japanese smokers smoke more than US/European males but have much lower lung cancer rates and nobody is entirely sure why.
xVjWb In the vacuum of space, spacecrafts have to achieve propulsion and steering through more reactive means.