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TIL that there is a fictional character who is an official member of the German parliament

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e08Jg TIL the "Woman Yelling at Cat" meme lady was yelling at her friends for publicly exposing the fact that her husband was abusing her. He later committed suicide.
W7pdX TIL that North America contains both the largest oceanic island and the largest inland island in the world, Greenland and Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.
xVWAb TIL that sugar molecules have "handedness" (like, left hand vs right hand), and that all of them are right handed. There are artificial sweeteners that are left-handed, but still the same molecule, and so cannot be absorbed by the human body. They're still sweet!
VMxYm Today I learned Prairie dogs kiss to recognise each other
woXKM TIL in 1981 Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the crime ridden Cabrini–Green public housing project in an attempt to improve its reputation. Despite having bodyguards she left just a few weeks later, furthering the public perception of Cabrini–Green as the "worst of the worst" in the city.