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TIL about John Allen Chau an American evangelical christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese which is a tribe in voluntary isolation, while trying to introduce them to christianity.

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XvPR TIL that although Antarctica is overall declining in mass due to melting ice, East Antarctica is actually gaining volume.
0w56A New research shows a Platonic ideal may be true after all: The world may primarily break into cubes, and not just in Minecraft.
agL0 TIL Make-up is meant to simulate what a woman’s face looks like mid-orgasm. Reddish or dark pink lipstick mimics the way lips will engorge with blood. Blush mimics flushed skin. Eyeliner and darker eyeshadow will make the eyes appear half closed, hence the term “bedroom eyes”.
XEKjr TIL of Adam Rainer, the only known person in history to be both a giant and a dwarf, he was 3’8” at age 19, and 7’8” at age 51.
pYGEe TIL Marquette, Michigan had a prison hockey team in 1953 named The Marquette Pirates who played against the Detroit Red Wings and lost 0-18