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TIL the owner of the Segway company died falling off a cliff - on a Segway.

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nWXA7 TIL that Australia is wider than the moon!!!
8aevV TIL flatworms are hermaphroditic. When mating, they determine who will be the male by fencing with their penises
QNxEE TIL Napoleon Bonaparte Re-instated Slavery
l7LvN TIL tiramisu, the Italian dessert of coffe-soaked ladyfingers, sweetened marscapone, and cocoa powder is only around fifty years old, having been invented somtime in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
16nvP TIL the colourful arrowed sash (ceinture fléchée), a traditional piece of Québecois and Métis clothing, emerged from a boycott of British button-up coats: Québecois rebels used these sashes instead of British-produced buttons to hold their coats closed.