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TIL that chinese people used to think pandas were monsters.

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16WB4 TIL that artificial banana flavoring isn't based on a species of banana that got wiped out, but instead uses Isoamyl acetate to replicate the flavor, which is only part of what gives bananas their distinctive taste.
BgN7L TIL that a single Bengal tiger has killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and India in the late 19th and early 20th century.
V5oD TIL that after being shown films showing the atrocities of the Holocaust, some German POW’s in the US volunteered to fight for America against Japan during WWII.
wYO1 TIL SETI scientists keep bottles of champagne on ice wherever they’re observing, just in case
rN1kw TIL A 2017 study found that the introduction of iodized salt in 1924 raised the IQ for the one-quarter of the population most deficient in iodine.