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TIL that implanting a magnet in your finger gives you a “sixth sense” - the ability to sense magnetic fields.

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0nXM TIL there was a Russian guy who would dig up young girls’ graves, mummify bodies, and dress them up at his home. His parents thought they were just plain dolls.
loKpG TIL that the hymen is not a membrane that is broken during the first vaginal penetration of a woman, but rather it is a fold that is stretched during penetration and may or may not tear and bleed.
aweWA TIL that the FIRST individual in human history to denounce racism in a documented account was the Prophet Muhammad of Islam.
JKBj TIL of a boat carrying horses for transportation that was shipwrecked, but the horses on it swam to a nearby island. The horses have since lost all domestication and the island has a population of more than 450 wild horses today
vPMD4 TIL that Old London Bridge built in 1209, was the longest inhabited bridge in Europe. It housed 138 properties, including shops and homes, with up to five storeys. By the 17th century, traders like haberdashers, glovers, cutlers, and grocers filled the bridge . It was dismantled in 1831.