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TIL that around 1.5 million people were evicted in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics

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7NlZ TIL that there is little research to support the existence of learning styles.
OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
neEdd TIL some plants that relied on extinct animals to disperse their seeds now rely on rodents, who will bury them. The seeds travel further when other rodents steal them, and bury them again, and again, and again, etc.
xjND TIL that the “Switch Witch” (aka the “Santa of October”) is something anti-candy parents are doing on Halloween. A child leaves out their bag of candy and the Switch Witch replaces it with an awesome toy.
R7Rpa TIL the last words of Alexander Blackwell, “I’m sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded.” Spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block and was corrected by the executioner.