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TIL a Pakistani child Iqbal Masih was a victim of child slavery who escaped his owners and became a national advocate for children rights fighting against child labour and freeing many children. After receiving an award in the USA and returning to Pakistan, he was assassinated aged 12

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D1AEP TIL Ryan's Rule is a medical precedent in Queensland where, if a person feels their medical concerns are not being taken seriously, they can request a re-evaluation. This rule came about after a 3 year old child died of a bacterial infection after a hospital doctor declined to perform blood tests.
rA5e TIL The aerodynamics (downforce) of an F1 car is so powerful it could drive on an inverted road (upside-down) if it was going only 170kmh or 105mph!
Rvna TIL no one knows what Jesus looked like; “The artistic depictions down the ages have total and complete variation, which indicates that nobody did a portrait of Jesus or wrote down a description, it’s all been forgotten.”
EgyjV TIL: Vikings were extremely well kept for their time. So much so that an English cleric claim that they bathe regularly, comb their hair, and change clothes frequently to seduce highborn English women to their heathen ways. Numerous bone combs, tweezers, and earspoons have been found.
rGPM TIL someone actually raised his son to speak Klingon as a first language. The boy ultimately stopped responding to his father, forcing him to abandon the “project” after 5 years.