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TIL in 1977 Indian painter, PK Mahanandia, sold his belongings and cycled 4,000 miles from India to Sweden to visit his love, Charlotte von Schedvin, because he couldn't afford a plane ticket. They're now married and have 2 children

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DQaMr TIL if you're a female you can literally push the poop out through your vagina
aeZN TIL that David Hayter(the voice of Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid), wrote the screenplay for Watchmen.
6ELr7 TIL Reducing calories might add up to some serious health benefits like increase in energy efficiency and maintaining heart health
7rNmr TIL in November 1942, the Holy Cross Crusaders beat the Boston College Eagles. The Eagles had scheduled a presumptive victory party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but cancelled it after the loss. Therefore, they were absent when the club caught fire, killing 492 people.
vPGgD TIL that Denmark has a 7-point grading system in schools where the grades are 12, 10, 7, 4, 02, 00 and -3