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TIL there used to be a horse sized duck living in Australia
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TIL Karl Marx’s last words were “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.”
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TIL that Lynne Stewart, after being convicted of supporting terrorism, said on the courtroom steps that she could serve her sentence of 28 months “standing on her head,” and then was re-sentenced to 10 years
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TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service.
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TIL Marc Rebillet sold his his spot in line to buy an iPhone for $800 back to a lady who wanted to buy all the iPhone in the store. This was in the 2000's.
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TIL about Sir Henry Head, a victorian English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time.