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TIL that if Bronx High School of Science was a country it would rank 23rd in number of Nobel Prizes. It has produced more Nobel Prizes than 45 US States

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PYDyw Til that the alfanotaurus had much smaler front legs that the trea had
GAKm5 TIL: Japanese nobles, particularly children of the Imperial Family still receive their education at Gakushūin. It was founded in 1847 and meant to educate children of noble birth with limited spots to the public from preschool to university. Many current politicians and generals come from there.
pY4lb TIL the whole Mars is as cold as the South Pole.
J1dvB TIL About Kriegsnagelung or war nails. A fund raising system in WW1 where you paid to drive a nail into a statue. There were hundreds of these and I had never heard of them. Found one in a castle I visited this weekend.
vPaGD TIL of Kyle Maynard, an American speaker, author and mixed martial arts athlete, known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro without the aid of prosthetics.