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TIL: Beneath a Czech chapel lies a haunting collection of bones from over 40,000 souls

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4dWo TIL Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn’t need one. She just has to say that she is the queen.
nVRo TIL On their very first day of school children in Germany, The Czech Republic and Austria are given a cardboard cone (“Schultüte”) filled with toys and sweets.
d8xlr TIL About the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. Regarded as a genius in her time, she was hated by her mother and her brother for her artistic lifestyle. They had her committed to different asylums for the last 30 years of her life, and took all her money. She was buried with the poor.
nerJb TIL the modern polo shirt was designed so the collar would intentionally be popped, preventing the sun from burning tennis players' necks.
v1GYB TIL of John Jones. A medical student who was trapped in the Nutty Putty cave while spelunking in 2009. Rescue attempts were unsuccessful and the cave entrance was eventually sealed with concrete. John's body is still there today.