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TIL you can get pregnant while being pregnant

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gMK5A TIL that the real "Last Samuraï" who inspired the movie with Tom Cruise wasn't American, but rather a French officer named Jules Brunet
epAV5 TIL The Disaster comes the greek δυσ- (dus-) "bad"[9] and ἀστήρ meaning Bad Star. Separately it has long been thought the biggest threat to modern society is Solar Storm much like the Carrington event of 1859
R7GDQ TIL Nyepi, a hindu festival, celebrated in Bali is a national self reflection day which is observed by silence. Surprisingly, tourists are not permitted onto the beaches or streets. telecommunications companies even switch off internet services for a 24 hour period. Airport are closed too.
84kG TIL that the majority of war hammers looked more like regular claw hammers on poles than the huge mallets we imagine
5YaAQ TIL that the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights are incredible light shows that caused by collisions between electrically charged particles and Earth’s atmosphere. They occur mostly in high altitudes near the poles. These events inspire stories from prehistoric times