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TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008

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Me5pb TIL that in 1838, Poe wrote a novel in which 4 stranded sailors survive for a while off a turtle, but finally kill one of their own, Richard Parker, and eat him. 46 years later, 4 stranded sailors, after surviving for many days off a turtle, eventually kill and eat one of their own, Richard Parker.
5ryr TIL that the last native Prince of Wales disappeared at the end of his rebellion in 1412 and managed to remain hidden despite a large bounty and an eventual pardon. His fate and location have remained a closely guarded family secret for over 600 years.
VM8wk TIL of Sleep Paralysis, where your body temporarily paralyses itself so that you're unable to move or speak during a lucid dream. It's possible to wake up while still being paralyzed, resulting in hallucination - seeing, hearing, feeling, or smelling something that isn't actually present
awb60 TIL that prior to 158 years ago in the West, babies were born and assigned the age 1 at birth. This was because scholars thought the number 0 was connected to a void which was connected to Satan, therefore not giving babies a year “0” at birth.
kJJB7 TIL In the sexual embrace, called amplexus, the male toad clasps the female from behind. The pair swims about as the female, swollen with eggs, selects a site for depositing them. As several thousand eggs are expelled from the female's body in jelly-like strings, the male fertilizes them with sperm