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ALrl TIL of a man who survived a shipwreck in 1628 and transformed into a murderous dictator over the remaining survivors. He and his henchmen killed over 100 men, women and children over a 2 month period while stranded. Ultimately he was overcome by a group loyal to the ship’s captain and was executed.
p8Bjb TIL Siamese cats are temperature sensitive albinos which cause cooler body parts to be darker and warmer parts to be lighter. As they get older, their body temperature decreases and overall color darkens.
neBg9 TIL Thomas Edison listened to the piano through his teeth. As he was completely deaf in one ear and could barely hear in the other he would chomp into the wood of the piano and absorb the sound waves into his skull.
8ao6G TIL Kazakhstan is the world’s top uranium producer, accounting for around 40% of global supplies estimated at 50,000 tonnes a year
JY6Kv TIL steam is an invisible gas. If you can see it, it’s not steam, it is condensation.