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TIL that after coffee come to Britain in the 1600s a ‘women’s petition’ was written against the drink complaining it made men impotent

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m1kMR TIL that German philosopher Reiner Schürmann, at first destined to be a Dominican priest, withdrew from priesthood paths after studying under Martin Heidegger, developed the concept of an "anarchy principle" toward being and acting meant to truly overcome metaphysics, and died of AIDS complications
JZr1 TIL that it is possible to receive an Oxford degree with “congratulatory” honors; the work was so excellent that professors stand and applaud.
rN4n1 TIL of Truganini, who was long considered to have been the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine, and who lived and died during the brutal colonisation of her land. Her dying wish for her ashes to be scattered in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel was finally honoured in 1976, 100 years after her death.
N7nEM TIL: Jupiter contains more than twice the amount of material of all other objects in the solar system combined.
LAnQ TIL That Ian Thorpe, one of the worlds greatest ever swimmers, is allergic to chlorine and that as a youngster used to have to swim with his head out of the water.