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TIL That anteaters have no teeth.

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PXwG TIL NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt, along with many other NASCAR drivers, resisted use of the HANS device when it was introduced. The HANS was developed specifically to help prevent Basilar skull fractures common to car racing. Earnhardt later died after suffering this exact injury
J80v TIL Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
Ardw TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation, dismissing his other wives. Then he would assign his new son-in-law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while the daughter took over the rule. Most sons-in-law died in combat, giving him shield around the Mongol lands
LkBXZ TIL: Nerdcore is a genre of music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds with the earliest known recorded use of the term "nerdcore hip hop" being in 2000 by MC Frontalot.
E1kv7 TIL that if the US in 1920 were a country now, its real GDP per capita (not national GDP) would be somewhere ranked ~#160 globally, competing with countries like Syria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, or Afghanistan.