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TIL There are stones in Romania called Trovants that grow and multiply after rainfaill

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M1VB TIL It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France. In the French version of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Napoleon the pig was called Cesar.
pbae TIL Mount Everest is the only place in the world where the land ever touches the stratosphere.
ADB0B TIL: A 2019 found that kids associate beards with being old and strong, but unattractive. As kids grow older into teenagers, they dislike beards even more. However, women with children see bearded men as better fathers.
g0nD TIL the last person found guilty of witchcraft in England was Helen Duncan in 1944. She was famous for using papier mache dolls as ‘spirits’ and fake ectoplasm made of cheesecloth
0Qrp TIL upon landing in England, William the Conqueror slipped and fell; to play it cool he grasped two fistfuls of soil and proclaimed ‘England is ours!’