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TIL the Nuclear Gandhi bug from Civilization actually never existed

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M7goA TIL of Peter Wallace, an English or Scottish buccaneer who, in 1638, founded the first English settlement in present-day Belize.
epbnL TIL that an early patent for the parking meter was intended to operate on power from the battery of the parking vehicle and required a connection from the car to the meter.
oBJmA TIL There are penguins that participate in prostitution. They perform sexual acts in exchange for pebbles. However, sometimes they will bait the male into thinking they’ll have sex, but then just run off with the pebble.
v1eDx TIL that over 10% of Canada’s population are descended from impoverished British children that were sent to work on Canadian farms between 1869 and 1939.
9kDG TIL Homo Sapiens didn’t have problems with crooked teeth until agriculture and the resulting change in diet.