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TIL that chinese people used to think pandas were monsters.

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g7L7 TIL: people used to send telegrams with the word “stop” instead of a period because punctuation cost extra, but the word stop was free.
yQywv TIL about Dean Karnazes, a man who can run without ever getting tired due to his exponentially high lactate threshold. He was able to run a Marathon in the south pole at -25C and run for three consecutive nights before having to stop for sleep.
yVL0a TIL the salt flats of western India have a "Wild Ass Sanctuary", meant for the endangered "Indian wild ass".
aJmo TIL TSA officials at Dulles International Airport snapped a cellist’s $20,000 bow in half, then replaced it in the case for him to find later. By forcing it down, they cracked a part of the cello too
dwYE TIL The emergency broadcast system was hacked announcing that there was a “zombie attack” in multiple states across the US.