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TIL 10^−360,783 is the probability that a monkey could write Hamlet in one go, including capitals and punctuation.

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4kp8J TIL that the only sound recordings in existence of someone born in the 18th century speaking, are of Helmuth Von Moltke the German field commander.
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64Ol TIL PETAs founder, Ingrid Newkirk, believes euthanasia is a gift, a belief which has led to the deaths of thousands of animals
VMjem TIL That Germany has a Dementia Project which has fake bus stops designed to keep Alzheimer’s patients from wandering off
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