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TIL that Brazil nuts used to be known as “nigger toes”

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R7d04 TIL scientists scanned the brains of lifelong bullies and found that they are physically small
loDQB TIL humans share 90% of our DNA with domestic cats
E1PWw TIL in the LOTR, Gimli was 139 years old when he joined the Fellowship. He also wanted to join his father and Thorin Oakenshield on their journey to reclaim The Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit, but was denied for being too young at age 62.
OGa7 TIL the Egyptian king Psamitk I led an experiment to discover the origin of all languages by isolating two new-born babies, then waited for them to begin speaking unaided. It was agreed Phrygian was the original language of Mankind.
nWVZr TIL The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest active Stanley Cup winning streak