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TIL that a man in India claims to be the heir to the French throne

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Y7evB TIL that the majority of the time, the “Catfish” is the one who initially contacts the hit TV show MTVs Catfish
0wp15 TIL that iPhones bought in Japan (and seemingly also South Korea) cannot be muted when using the camera, to avoid creeps taking covert photos and similar
e0OEE A woman of average build, who exercises moderately intensively every day, burns about 2,000 kilocalories a day, and a man around 2,500 kilocalories. This means that you can live off your fat reserves for an average of 66 days (for a woman) or 53 days (for a man), as long as you don’t become more active.
AmZB TIL the equals sign was not invented until 1557 by a Welsh mathematician. He only invented it because he was fed up with the ‘tedious repetition’ of the phrase is 'is equal to’
kBBW TIL that by some estimates, there is over 70 million years’ worth of salt 1,200 feet beneath the city of Detroit.