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TIL A Kid paralyzed by a bully’s punch has been awarded a settlement of $4.2 million after proving the school knew about the bully’s tendencies and did nothing to prevent his attack.

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0wlR TIL: As much as four percent of the sand on the beaches of Normandy consists of shrapnel left over from D-Day. (based off of samples taken from the beach, which reported at least 4% of the samples consisting of shrapnel. Page 5 has relevant data)
QJGp9 TIL Liu Xiaobo, the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China, was imprisoned 4 times for his human rights activism and spent more than 13 years in prison since his return to China in 1989.
LQ1KV TIL about xocolatl and tlilxóchitl, now known as chocolate and vanilla. The Mexica (Aztecs of Mexico) were the first to use both vanilla and cocoa together to help with the flavor of their foods and drinks, often mixing them together.
W7dKY TIL that there's a form of synesthesia where people transcribe the speech of others into text as imaginary subtitles
oBM0o TIL as more people work from home, Walmart, Gap, Old Navy, and other retailers have reported that sales for tops are up, whereas sales for pants are down.