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TIL killing a panda in china is punishable by death.

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5Y8Kk TIL that North Korea is the only country in the world with a Shia Muslim mosque but no Sunni Muslim mosques
OoVNg TIL emperor Wu of Jin (China) had so many concubines that he could not choose between them, he often rode his goat-driven carriage around the palace until the goats decided to stop. Because of this many of the women planted bamboo leaves and salt outside their bedrooms to attract the goats.
b69w7 TIL Radiocarbon dating needs to take in account the effects of both fossil fuel burning (which increases the amount of non-radioactive carbon in the atmosphere) and nuclear tests (which increases the amount of radioactive carbon)
Lk47r TIL that the American public found out about the existence of the atomic bomb only sixteen hours after the bombing of Hiroshima.
QJnBE TIL of Anya Pogharian, a Canadian who at age 17 invented a portable dialysis machine costing $500 to build; (dialysis machines typically cost about $30K). Her machine filters 4 liters of blood in 25 minutes.