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TIL that Canadian school children take classes on empathy.

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b9eMN TIL that Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time (2 billion books sold), and her estate claims she ranks 3rd overall, behind Shakespeare's works and the Bible. She is the most-translated author with works in at least 103 languages. "And Then There Were None" is her best selling book
8a1OG TIL: That Serial Killer Richard Ramirez was born on February 29
ANA5l TIL Joe's Crab Shack tried to fight tipping culture with "no tip required" pricing. It didn't work.
P1evL TIL that although it is absent in mammals, the photoreceptive parietal eye--quite literally a third eye--was present in their closest extinct relatives, the therapsids
d8wPK TIL of John Burns, a resident of Gettysburg PA who at 70 years old in 1863 insisted on joining the Union line with his outdated flintlock rifle, shot a Confederate officer from his horse, fought w the Iron Brigade, was wounded several times, duped Confederate doctors into mending him, and snuck home