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TIL in the Grimm Brother’s Cindarella, the stepsisters cut off their heel and toe to try to fit their foot into the slipper..

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Z8gYp TIL:1885 the King of Belgium established a fake charity & got international agreement to let it have control of an India-sized chunk of Africa. For years he fooled the world that he was helping Africans, while he was really enslaving people & made roughly $1 billion. At least two million people died
a8Ny9 TIL about The Starlight Barking, the official sequel to 101 Dalmatians where humans are asleep, dogs get telepathic and flight powers and are invited by a Star Dog to go to space with it to a oid nuclear war in the future.
xVQ4w TIL after laying eggs, octopus moms’ only function is to protect and tend to their eggs because their brain shuts down except for the optic glands. They remain stationary for anywhere from months to years depending on the species of octopus, uninterested in food even when its offered to them.
wLZ16 TIL that for $255,500 you can buy a package that lets you celebrate New Year's Eve in Sydney from 8pm - 2am, then fly on a private jet that arrives in Los Angeles at 8:30pm Dec. 31st, where you can celebrate New Year's Eve all over again.
0dN51 TIL The Moon recedes away from Earth at roughly the same speed as fingernail growth (3.78cm/year)