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TIL that Magnolia were named after French Botanist Pierre Magnol

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VVLG TIL Orlando Serrell suffered a traumatic brain injury when playing baseball as a kid that went untreated due to his families financial situation. However since the day of his accident he’s been able to recall every day of his life, including the date, day of the week and the weather.
RBA6 TIL that “bride burning” accounts for one death per hour of Indian women, and is considered as rampant as it was 2500 years ago.
M74BK TIL, Synthetic Testosterone is derived from Soy. The term soy boy really is ironic
LkWOQ TIL that while apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking questions to humans or other apes.
4kp0X TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller.