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TIL of a simian crease, it’s a single crease that goes across the hand where as most people have two or three, very few people have a simian crease.

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6yeY TIL 22 Years Ago Today Russian Tanks Shelled the Russian Parliament
nWppP TIL about the Liber Paradisus (Paradise Book), a law text promulgated in 1256 by the city of Bologna (Italy) which proclaimed the abolition of slavery and the release of serfs. On 25 August 1256, the head of city government announced the liberation of about 6,000 serfs, owned by 400 lords
d8RJQ TIL a Colombian footballer was murdered after scoring an own goal, knocking Colombia out of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The next day, a BBC commentator for another match remarked, “the Argentine defender warrants shooting for a mistake like that”.
VBLo0 TIL that if chess wasn't separated into men's and women's rankings the world's #1 rated female player wouldn't even rank in the top 100 players worldwide.
OomO7 TIL Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a dirt poor Scottish kid who immigrated to the U.S. where he became the richest man in the world. He gave away $350 million, nearly 90 percent of the fortune he accumulated through the railroad and steel industries.