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TIL that a boy born in 1783 had two heads, one on top of the other with the second head upside down so that the neck stub was up in the air. The second head had a fully functional brain.

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Mo1K TIL during the 1992 Olympics the USA men’s basketball team held a private scrimmage with some of the best players to ever play in the NBA. Michael Jordan later said it was “the best game I was ever in”. Because there is no known recording it is now referred to as “The Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw”.
loloa TIL There’s an American in Colorado that is convinced that he’s the rightful heir to the British Monarchy
aay9 TIL that the world’s first programmers were women, a fact that took 50 years to be recognised.
wL7b7 TIL Indigenous women and girls are seven times more likely to get murdered in Canada
6EQvW TIL that a rancher in Oregon named Bill Brown would often write checks on any paper available. This often included soup can labels and newspaper margins. As he was rich and known for this, the banks would cash the checks without question.