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TIL the first deaf person in recorded history was a painter

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W7Yo4 TIL That the TV shows, Magnum, PI and Murder She Wrote both take place in the same fictional universe.
nW8MG TIL about Zamor, a child who was kidnapped by British slave traders and eventually sold to King Louis XV, who gifted him to a mistress. He would later turn against her during the French Revolution, before being imprisoned himself as an accomplice.
4kkDR TIL about Crisis Apparition. A term used to explain when someone is contacted by a person they were close too, usually after death. During the after math of 9/11 many people claim to have been contacted by loved ones that died that day.
8ev9V TIL The Indian dish Vindaloo originates from the Portuguese dish "Carne de Vinha D’alhos" which was brought to India by Vasco da Gama who also introduced chilli peppers to India.
wLgA7 TIL Last year, researchers in the US and UK found that countries with an existing culture of gender equality have an even smaller proportion of women taking degrees in science, technology and mathematics (STEM).