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TIL Pilates was invented by Joseph Pilates in a WW1 while in an Internment Camp

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kO4N5 TIL that the tale of Hansel and Gretel might have originated during the Great Famine of 1315 - 17. Food was in such short supplies that people abandoned their kids (probably why Hansel and Gretel are lost in a forest) and that people even resorted to cannibalism (explains the cannibalistic witch)
gMgg4 TIL about GPT-3, the slightly antisemitic and sexist AI that can imitate your writing style
neab9 TIL That the attack on Pearl Harbor was so unexpected, that as the bombing began, one seaman turned to his friend and said, "This is the best damn drill the Army has ever put on!"
gMJ1W Today I learned about Truddi Chase, a woman diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. When diagnosed she had 70 alternates called The Troop.
nv7 TIL that “Acute Lead Poisoning” is medical slang for gunshot wound.