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TIL that the author of “Alice in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll, was a valid suspect for Jack the Ripper!

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VBorZ TIL cats and goats are among the most invasive species in the world
W7OjL TIL Mickey Mantle, Hall of Fame CF, tore his ACL in his rookie year during the 1951 World Series. He went on to play the rest of his 18-year career on a torn ACL.
Lke09 TIL that had a bull not broken loose from a Norse expedition's settlement in North America around 1000 AD, most of what would become America would be speaking Icelandic by now.
E1QlV TIL: The concept of being dominantly left or right brained is a myth. And, the neuroscience community has never accepted the idea of 'left-dominant' or 'right-dominant' personality types.
b66PZ TIL that the world’s longest golf course is in the scrubland of Australia, it’s 848 miles long and has many unique hazards