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TIL Around 5,300 kids were killed at school due to the 2008 earthquake in China

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b5aN TIL Charlie Chaplin once confessed to having had sexual relations with more than 2,000 women. Also, It’s his birthday today.
9oLX TIL it’s been scientifically proven that alcohol increases creativity. It reduces the executive function, while boosting imagination and inner consciousness as shown by increased activity in the superior temporal gyrus, an area of the brain directly above the ear.
PkeE TIL Rabbits can actually see whats behind them without turning their heads. They have nearly 360° panoramic vision, allowing them to detect predators from all directions. They can see everything behind them and only have a small blind-spot in front of their nose.
9wJo6 TIL that there exist special kinds of contact lenses designed specifically for dogs
WPBo TIL barber Poles are are a legacy of the barber-surgeons’ practice of bloodletting. The red represented the blood, the white the bandages, and the blue the protruding veins. This double job was legal until 1745.