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TIL Lizzie Velásquez was posted on Youtube as ‘World’s Ugliest Woman’ (4 million+ views). She suffers from a rare syndrome and is one of only 3 people in the world who are known to have it. She is now a motivational speaker and published author.

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xVwZB TIL before any details of Pixar’s ‘Soul’ were public, a Black chauffeur told Kemp Powers (the film’s co-writer & co-director) that he knew Pixar was making a Black movie because he had never driven so many Black people to Pixar before.
4b1w TIL that in 2014, a missing woman was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party looking for herself.
eMG4 TIL: There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as an admittance of guilt in court.
8oLP TIL of the Sumatran Jungle Rabbit, one of only two jungle rabbits and the only striped rabbit in existence. It has hardly been seen and wasn’t photographed until the late 20th Century/early 21st century.
QJkXM TIL that the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in human history with it being worth almost 8 times as much as Apple is today.