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TIL of the Sentinelese tribe. They survived a tsunami in 04, lack the knowledge to make fire and are regarded as still in the stone age.

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78yMM TIL In 1930, when Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin's widow publicly opposed Stalin, he considered revoking her status and nominating another, unrelated woman as "Lenin's widow". She died on her birthday in 1939, with some suspecing that the birthday cake Stalin send to her as a gift that day was poisoned
VBLAZ TIL about Pelorus Jack a Risso's dolphin that was famous for meeting and escorting ships through a dangerous stretch of water in New Zealand. If the crew could not see Jack at first, they often waited for him to appear.
pYM6b TIL about a congential disorder in humans where the walls of the bladder, vagina, and anus fuse together, creating a cloaca
VM1D4 TIL in 2013, female stockings covered in fake male hair became a fashion hit in China as a way to deter unwanted male attention.
MmR7 TIL that despite harsh punishments, many Germans ridiculed “Heil Hitler”, some saying “Ein Liter” instead, and others sarcastically responding with “Is He Sick?” because of the identical pronunciations of “Heil” and “Heal”.