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TIL giant pandas can survive on bamboo only because of gut bacteria

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WkG9 TIL that, in 2008 “more than 36,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S., and more than 20,000 of these overdose deaths were from prescription drugs” according to the CDC.
0d5AL TIL about Mats Järlström, a man who was fined for engineering in Oregon when he challenged the traffic light timing. He eventually won against Oregon’s 'Title Laws' and was proven right about the traffic light timing being too short for safety.
VBnOQ TIL: That 4/20 is also National Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day.
E1DoX TIL that the BEANO T-13, a WWII impact grenade, was designed to emulate the size, weight, and grip of a baseball – allowing young American G.I.’s to throw it with distance and accuracy.
loZGN TIL that even though Congo belonged to him, Leopold II never set foot on this country