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TIL that Haiti has an estimated 300 000 child slaves who face daily beating and that Haiti is second in slavery to Mauritania

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mwLp TIL in 1965, Andre the Giant received a draft notice for French’s peace time army, but was unable to join as there were no shoes big enough, bunks long enough, or trenches deep enough to accommodate him.
BrEmL TIL that in 2001 Kenny Waters, a Massachusetts man who was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years for murder, was finally freed after his high-school drop-out sister went to law school to prove his innocence. However, 6 months after his release, he died in a freak accident.
660J TIL there are things called metamaterials that are artificially engineered materials with properties not found in nature. These properties are the result of their precisely designed structure. Some have the ability to reverse the refractive index, allowing for the possibility of superlenses.
59eD TIL There Is A Psychosomatic Illness That Causes People To Think They Are Pregnant With Dogs
d818j TIL broccoli and cauliflower can breed, producing broccoflower