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TIL we understand how gravity works, but we still don't know why it works

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9YVJm TIL that 3500-year-old set of laws, Hammurabi's Code, regulated fees for medical procedures and had laws against medical malpractice.
AD6lg TIL White Clover can be used as a tobacco alternative
rPKx TIL If a male lion is neutered it’s mane will fall out.
x6epo TIL the gibnut, a member of the rodent family, is called “Royal Rat” in Belize because it was served in a stew to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1985 visit of the country. She declared it tasted “like rabbit” and was perfectly happy to eat it
7EZM TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett’s bunk. The following morning’s tour bus accident left Burton the only victim.