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TIL Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which prompted his teachers to believe that he was cheating.

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j6Vma TIL Robert Kajuga, leader of the Interahamwe, had a Tutsi father
PD7w TIL: In Mexico City 10 squats will earn you a free subway ticket
4kBXb TIL that in 2009 the US launched a satellite so secret that no government agency admits to owning it. Even the name, "Palladium at Night", is mysterious.
LLXV TIL in 1990, the most obese state in America (Mississippi, 15%) still had a lower rate than the least obese state in America today (Colorado, 21%)
kJrR5 TIL of Emperor Pedro II, the last monarch of Brazil. He reigned 58 years, during which he championed civil rights, promoted education and science, won 3 wars, and abolished slavery. He allowed an unpopular coup d'etat against himself because he was tired of being emperor.