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TIL a man with an IQ of 48 was banned from having sex

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QJgoa TIL in 2011, a 75 year old Georgian woman accidentally cut off internet access to almost all of Armenia while scavenging for copper to sell as scrap
BKgy TIL of the Wereth 11, a group of eleven black soldiers separated from their battalion during the first few days of the Battle of the Bulge. Even though the eleven men surrendered to the Germans, they were taken to a nearby field where they were tortured and then murdered.
l7jWa Today I learned about Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes', a system of triggers that detonated an explosion of lead balls if the coffin lid was opened after burial, to deter grave robbers.
LQ0Yv TIL cats are polydactyl (extra toes) because of the Sonic Hedgehog Protein. Which is a protein named after the blue video game hedgehog.
kOjp5 TIL that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.