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TIL; Alice Cooper used to babysit Keanu Reeves.

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VM6ZQ TIL of the book "Made in China 2025" the official plan of the People's Republic of China to takeover global advanced manufacturing by 2025, written in 2015
6EQQQ TIL seagulls will pluck the eyes from baby seals to prevent them from seeking help making it easier to eat them.
loAvN TIL that Imhotep was an Egyptian architect, physician, and advisor to four pharaohs. He lived around 2667-2600 B.C. Imhotep practiced early medicine nearly 2200 years before Hippocrates and designed Djoser’s step pyramid at saqqara. He is the only Egyptian besides Amenhotep to ever be fully deified.
mx0kE TIL of Stendhal syndrome,a condition that causes rapid heart rates and dizziness, triggered when one is exposed to high quality art and has been especially observed in Florence. The Uffizi is equipped with defibrillators to protect the visitors who are often stunned by the beauty of the exhibits
meQY TIL An invasion of Canada that would have likely handed control of the Niagara peninsula to the USA was thwarted when one woman overheard the plans, walked 20 miles through wilderness, and warned a British Lieutenant. The invading Americans were ambushed and promptly surrendered.