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TIL- Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson quietly adopted a former child soldier from Rwanda who now works as a human rights lawyer.

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0app TIL if you have one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for Irish citizenship (w/ fee). You don’t need to have even been to Ireland or know the first thing about the country to apply. For non-Europeans, this means you get a passport that allows you to work and live anywhere in the EU.
kPdB TIL Bill O'Reilly doubled down on the ‘tide goes in’ argument… against Stephen Hawking
OGM6 TIL that there is an island in France which has a population of 44, but gets almost 10,000 visitors a day.
W7e08 TIL that the Porygon episode of Pokémon caused hundreds of children to experience epileptic seizures due to rapidly flashing red and blue frames. This incident led to the Pokémon anime being put on hold for four months.
JYP7k TIL that Seagulls stamp their feet to imitate rain, causing worms to surface