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TIL that Tonga, a nation consisting of over 1200 islands in the Pacific, has never been conquered or colonized ever and is ruled by a King that traces his ancestry back 1000 years.

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N7awN TIL Your central air systems works more efficiently, and saves more money, with interior doors open, not closed.
9YOwD TIL that elephants have prehensile penises, meaning that they can use them to pick things up and perform other various tasks.
6PEm TIL cannibalism is legal. The laws broken by most cannibals are murder/desecration of a corpse. If someone cuts off their own flesh and does not die, you may legally consume it.
OKW6 TIL that in 1919, a serial killer in New Orleans stated he would kill again, but would spare the occupants of any place where a jazz band was playing. On that night, all dance halls reached capacity and amateur bands played jazz at hundreds of house parties. There were no murders
ewXL TIL actor Werner Herzog was shot while filming an interview by an unknown individual with an air rifle. Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, “It is not a significant bullet.”