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TIL a tradition exists in Denmark that a woman can propose on Leap Day, if denied, the man must compensate her with 12 pairs of gloves

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Jjv1 TIL Canada deemed “Third World” in Broadband Internet rating by Netflix.
N7Be6 TIL of Charondas, a Greek lawgiver from Sicily, that issued a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Assembly must be put to death. One day, he arrived at the Assembly after hunting in the countryside with a knife still attached to his belt. In order to uphold his own law, he committed suicide
Lkd1m TIL Malaria, which is caused by the parasitic protozoa plasmodium, is the deadliest disease of all time. No disease, including the plague or smallpox, has killed more people. It has also killed more people than all wars, famines, and natural disasters combined.
wa0E TIL Mother Teresa encouraged members of her order to secretly baptise dying patients, many of whom were Hindus and Muslims
ljY1 TIL a banana is a berry.