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TIL Wolverine's official comic book height stands at 5 foot 3 inches tall

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d8g5B TIL the term "robot" used to mean the compulsory labor of serfs, and the word "patent" used do mean "decree". Therefore, when the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom, the decrees got to be called "robot patent" in English
PY7eJ TIL As a child, as an alternative to a teddy bear, Jane Goodall's father gave her a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee - which started her early love of animals. Today, Jubilee still sits on Goodall's dresser in London.
B9Vx TIL In 1860, 1 out of every 7 Americans were slaves to another American.
mGLv TIL that if you cut a potato into pieces and bury them separately, each piece will grow into a new potato
e0EBE TIL of the improbable case of Phineas Gage, An American railroad worker who survived an accident where a metal bar went completely through his head