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TIL that Frida Sofia, a 12-year-old girl believed to be trapped in a collapsed school building and who had become a symbol of hope in earthquake-devastated Mexico City last year, turned out "not to exist" following a 30-hour rescue mission.

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xeAo TIL laws mentioned in the bible required farmers to leave parts of their fields unharvested for strangers, a practice that still exists in parts of the world
Z8R4D TIL As of 2018, 73% of active female senators and over 50% of women in the house of representatives were girl scouts alums
p8QkO TIL that in 2013, archaeologists consulted 3 San hunters from Namibia to help interpret human footprints left in caves in France during the last Ice Age
j6RoR TIL about Neil Harbisson, the world's first officially-recognized cyborg. He has an antenna surgically implanted into his skull through which he can receive information in the form of vibrations.
p8O7p TIL Hitler was an avid reader, having read at least 6,000 books, and would quote Shakespeare throughout WWII. He ranked Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gulliver's Travels, Don Quixote, and Robinson Crusoe as the great works of world literature.