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TIL in North Korea the trucks are powered by burning wood.
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TIL that after learning about the atrocities committed during the Battle of Manila, dictator of Spain Francisco Franco considered declaring war on Japan and joining the allies, 40 years after the Philippines became independent from Spain.
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TIL the only avian dinosaurs to survive the asteroid mass extinction event were no larger than a duck and still had teeth.
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TIL One bite from the Lone Star Tick can cause a permanent allergy to meat.
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TIL of the Gävle goat- a giant straw goat display that has been built in the Swedish town of Gävle every year since 1966 in anticipation of Christmas. It's been destroyed a total 36 of those years. It will be back this year on December 2nd.
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TIL that a string of typographical symbols (such as “@#$%&!”) used to represent an obscenity or swearword is called a “grawlix”