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TIL nobody can say for sure why an Epicanthic fold occurs. It maybe an evolutionary advantage in cold conditions, yet it occurs in certain medical conditions regardless of environment

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Eg0yP TIL about George Bridgetower, a Polish-born black violinist and composer who rubbed shoulders with Beethoven, King George, and Thomas Jefferson
OGZO6 TIL that Winston Churchill wrote an essay before WW2 about extraterrestrial life, and travelling to the Moon.
BrVEb TIL Oxycontin is more addictive because the withdrawal symptoms are so bad.
X0gxR TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,
wLjL6 TIL when British cave dive experts went to Thailand to rescue the lost soccer team, they first had rescue four rescuers who were left behind and forgotten when the cave had to be abandoned due to flooding. The men were asleep on a ledge and had missed the call to evacuate.