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TIL We are likely living in a simulation

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B55D TIL a gay penguin couple was given an egg of their own after the biological penguin parents abandoned it and the adopted parents are doing an amazing job of raising their new baby
b6Bg9 TIL that Switzerland had a lot of important structures packed with demolition charges until the 2010s in case of an invasion.
Y7pRW TIL in ancient China pillows were made out of different materials such as jade, wood, or bamboo. A jade pillow was thought to make one smarter. Hard pillows were also preferred because of this belief. People then also thought soft pillows stole their energy while they were asleep.
yQ7gJ TIL about the only combat casualties to occur on U.S. soil during World War II. It occurred on May 5, 1945 in rural Oregon when a Japanese high altitude balloon bomb was discovered by a group of picnic goers. One of the them touched the bomb and it detonated killing 6.
445J TIL Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a pistol. The bullet did not cause enough damage to kill him so he walked back to the inn where doctors treated him. VanGogh finally died of an infection 29 hours after shooting himself.