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Today I learned that beavers teeth are yellow in colour because of the iron in their tooth enamel.

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lW6A TIL that on July 11th, 2011, Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846
V1pp TIL one of the worst nuclear accidents in history occurred after a security guard skipped his shift at an abandoned medical facility housing a radiological device to watch “Herbie Goes Bananas”
6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.
wdn1 TIL: Color-Coded Plastic Ties Tell You Day Your Bread Was Baked, blue for Monday, green for Tuesday, red for Thursday, white for Friday, and yellow for Saturday.
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