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TIL that FM Radio first began to flourish in post WWII Germany. The allies had stripped all but two of their AM stations so FM was the only 'alternative'

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DQvXJ TIL A French Socialite Named Blanche Monnier Was Imprisoned by Her Family in a Secret Room for 25 Years, From 1876 to 1901. According to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.
4XyDN TIL: Thanks to a gruesome mistake, a French Canadian Voyageur was shot in the stomach, but later healed and recovered from the wound, scientists were better able to understand the digestive tract thanks to how his wound healed, which allowed probing of his stomach actively digesting.
v1JZR TIL Kodhini, a tiny village in India's southern state of Kerala, has a surprisingly high twins birth rate — 42 of every 1000 births, almost six times as high as the global average of around 6 per 1000 births. No genetic or environmental factor has been ascertained to this phenomenon yet.
K9k4 TIL that McDonald’s highest-calorie item isn’t a burger at all, but the 1,150-calorie Big breakfast with hotcakes and large biscuit
4XJX TIL in Sweden, you can’t put up a no trespassing sign and anyone can camp on private or government land without asking.