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TIL of the Latin phrase Amor fati which is loosely translated to “love of one’s fate”. It describes an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in their life, including suffering and loss, as good. It is characterized by an acceptance of the events or situations that occur

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gMW5X TIL of the "World's Littlest Skyscraper" scam committed on Wichita Falls, Texas. The designer said the building would be 480 in height. Investors assumed it was 480 feet not 480 inches and soon realized they invested $200,000 in a 4 storey building. They lost in court and the builder kept the money.
VB678 TIL the Anniston Star of Anniston, Alabama was one of the few newspapers in the South to support the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and was nicknamed "the Anniston Red Star" by George Wallace.
7OOp TIL that there is little proof that antioxidants are actually healthy [Harvard School of Public Health].
X0E16 TIL The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels
9lnQ TIL between 1932 and 1972 the US government tricked black citizens into believing they were receiving free healthcare so they could study the natural progression of untreated syphilis.