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TIL a fascist Italy in 1935 ended slavery in Ethiopia. Mind = blown.

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ANaOo TIL that in the first edition of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory novel, The Oompa Loompas were Black pygmies imported from "the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle,"
8e9bK TIL - Your tonsils can grow back, multiple times during your life
9mKr TIL that Leonardo da Vinci invented the Miter Lock in 1497, which is still in use today including in the Panama and Suez Canals.
yVvGa TIL the condom brand name Durex is an acronym, constructed from the phrase "DURability, REliability and EXcellence".
nAad TIL of Donald Crowhurst who in 1968 entered an around the world yacht race, he abandoned the race early on but continued to report false positions in an attempt to make it appear as if he was still competing and ultimately went insane and killed himself