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TIL People getting paid to spread propaganda through comments is a widespread thing.

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wLew7 TIL that over the course of a decade, 20 dismembered human feet have been found on beaches in the Pacific Northwest -- no other types of body parts have been found.
gax4 TIL That there is a 1500km band of land in Namibia covered in unexplained “Fairy Circles” that appear to grow and also die. Scientists have studied the area for over 30 years and still do not know their cause.
nnbB TIL That the Fall of Constantinople not only ended the Roman Empire, but was also one of Western Civilization’s greatest turning points for ending the Middle Ages and starting the Renaissance
p84VG TIL the main guy behind creating U.S. National Parks—John Muir—may have never had a deep love of nature had he not suffered a major eye injury while working as a mechanic: “I bade adieu to all my mechanical inventions, determined to devote the rest of my life to the study of the inventions of God”
Y7LwB TIL Pepperoni is a recent invention, created in 1919 by Italian immigrants in America.