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TIL that in 2014, Tinder made its first match on the continent of Antarctica. Not surprisingly, both parties involved were research scientists.

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R7Jo1 TIL The Maluku Islands were the world's sole source of nutmeg, cloves, and mace. The islands were occupied by the Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, and Dutch again. During a British occupation spice tree seedlings were stolen and taken to British colonies thus depreciating the islands' value.
wLJBE TIL - The Decameron is a frame story written in 1353 by Boccaccio, containing 100 erotic tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
mxXnE TIL about Joe Delaney, an NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, who died trying to save 3 drowning children in 1983. Just before running in, he told a bystander “I can't swim good, but I've got to save those kids.”
D1Qap TIL of Alien hand syndrome where one of the hands starts acting seemingly of it's own violation - picking things, throwing or even attempting to strangulate the owner
pY0gb TIL individual brain size can vary almost twofold among typically developing humans