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TIL that nomadic families owning less than 100 animals in Mongolia are considered to live in poverty

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E9Xx TIL after being selected to have a star on the walk of fame, there’s a $30,000 fee if you actually want it.
yGde TIL in the Middle Ages, chess pawns had individual names that represented the occupations of citizens.
DBLP TIL After dropping her 2 year old son into a pit of African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo, Elizabeth Derkosh attempted to sue the zoo for negligence (and other things)
e07Nn TIL Before clocks, there were candle clocks, that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would ld fall and clank on the metal holder.
Yp6od TIL that US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina after a plane crash in 1961