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TIL the evolutionary advantage for pruney fingers is they help us grip wet surfaces

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APKa TIL a castaway drifted for 13 months across the Pacific Ocean, claiming that he had been living off fish and turtles he had caught and relying on rainwater, and sometimes his own urine, to drink. His boat was found covered in barnacles and with the carcasses of several turtles littering the deck.
vVRj TIL That Norway will allow any student from anywhere in the world to study at their Public Universities completely free of charge.
N7JxJ TIL learned that in 1985 a guy programmed his computer to call Jerry Falwell Sr's toll free prayer line every 30 seconds for 8 months. It clogged up the lines and cost them over $750k in reverse charges.
d8AGQ Rich people are buying up dinosaurs because museums are too poor to get them.
X0agr TIL Cadbury's stopped being British in 2010! Am I living under a rock or what