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TIL A Barcelona Opera Reopened From Their Pandemic Closing With An Audience Of Plants

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oR9D7 TIL the 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne was raised in an experiment by his parents to learn Latin as a first language. From birth, his tutor, servants and parents were only ever allowed to speak to him in Latin.
QNyOL TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.
Wk8b4 TIL Dmitry Glukhovsky wrote the novel 'Metro 2033' when he was 18. He published the novel on his website available for free. This eventually led to a video game deal with 4A Games & a comic deal with Dark Horse comics.
mv5M TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.
ADlKd TIL That two British twins who were separated at birth ending up marrying one another without realising that they were brother and sister