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TIL a Wikipedia hoaxster wrote that Amelia Bedelia was based on a maid from Cameroon, a claim so believable, it stayed on the site for 5 years and fooled the author’s nephew.

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1QRV TIL Henry V’s only surviving portrait is in profile probably because he was shot in the face by an arrow fighting Welsh and English rebels in Shrewsbury which left bad scarring, this is probably also where he learnt the effectiveness of the Welsh Longbow which helped him win the Battle Of Agincourt.
mxE5Y TIL a 14 year old boy in China was killed anally after the gas cylinder in the base of his office chair (the part that allowed the user to adjust the seat up and down) exploded and sent chunks of the metal seat up his rectum, causing him to bleed to death.
9YJRM TIL a scientist grew mold in a dish, placing it in the center representing Tokyo and oat flakes around it the other cities in the area. It first filled the space with plasmodia, and then thinned the network to focus on well connected branches. The network strikingly resembled Tokyo's rail system.
x6a5w TIL the height measurements at convenience stores and fast food restaurants aren't just for fun... If they ever get robbed, they help determine the height of the suspect.
9KDp TIL that during the Great Depression, African colonial subjects living in the Cameroons took up a collection to aid the starving people of America, ultimately mailing $3.77 to the mayor of New York City to assist relief efforts there.