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TIL that Marajó, an island in the Amazon river delta, has an area of 49000 sq kms and is larger than countries like Switzerland and Belgium.

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M7jk8 TIL in 1986 two-and-a-half-year-old Michelle Funk drowned in an icy stream in Utah. She was submerged for more than an hour and clinically dead. But the cold water chilled her down to 66°F which was enough to stave off brain damage. And after waking up, she reportedly "went on with her life."
kJ1B1 TIL: A study from 2014 shows that people perceive artwork to be superior if they are told the artist is mentally ill.
nnGG TIL a person who takes a sexually explicit photo of someone under age 18, even if it’s a self-portrait, can be charged with producing child pornography, a felony with a prison sentence of up to 20 years
MjaB TIL in 2000, due to a Disney DVD “duplication error”, the Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box Set shipped to Costco Stores contained scenes from the R-rated romantic comedy movie “High Fidelity” inserted at a random point during Toy Story 2, in which the word “fuck” is used twice by John Cusack.
WkvO4 TIL The largest ever study on narcissism concluded that boomers are actually much more sensitive than millennials.