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TIL the first quintuplets known to have survived infancy are the Dionne quintuplets born in 1934.

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WkB4d TIL about Black July. On 24 July 1983, anti-Tamil rioting started in the capital Colombo in Sri lanka and spread to other parts of the country. Over 7 days, Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed thousands of Tamil targets. it is generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
xmV0 TIL a man walked into a Walmart wearing an employee vest, told a cashier that they were wanted in the office, helped the remaining customer in line, emptied the cash register, then walked right out. He may have robbed 3 other Walmart locations as well.
4aVg TIL sexual intercourse produces five times more hormones than that of masturbation.
WkWRX TIL That even though William Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago, we continue to use words and phrases found in his sonnets and plays today. Phrases such as... “Cruel to be kind”, “be all and end all”, “world is my oyster”, “break the ice” and many more...
D1JLj TIL when The Rolling Stones used photos of numerous celebrities for the cover of the album Some Girls, they did it without asking for permission and faced threats of legal action. In response they removed nearly all the celebrity photos in a reissue - the only remaining one was George Harrison.