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TIL a paediatrician was forced to flee her home by vigilantes who confused her job title with “paedophile”

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R85Q TIL That Russia Has Approved Construction of an Estimated $66B Tunnel Across the Bering Strait Starting Sometime After 2030, Making a Railway from New York to London a Possibility During This Century
5YO5B TIL James Harrison holds the record for 1000 blood plasma donations and has helped save more than 2 million babies, since his blood plasma, which contains an unusual antibody, was used to develop Anti-D injection that prevents the rhesus disease among new born babies.
4BM5 TIL that back in the day, the guard who stood in the watchtower would ring a bell when the tower’s shadow disappeared (signalling midday and the start of a new watchman’s shift). This is how the term “watch” became associated with telling time!
P1mJL TIL the IRS has details on the tax filing process in the event of a kidnapping of the qualifying dependent.
W0WL TIL that America once had a polygamist King by the name of James Strang who reigned over an island in the middle of Lake Michigan until he was murdered in 1856 with the tacit consent of the US government