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TIL that some people engage in 'platonic co-parenting', where they raise children together without ever being in a romantic relationship

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KXQR TIL that in 1967, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry was chased by the race organizer shouting “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers” while her boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield.
4AMg TIL that the Saudi Arabian judiciary increased a 19-year-old rape victim’s sentence from 90 lashes to 200 lashes plus six months in jail because her lawyer drew the world’s attention to the case.
mxKQP TIL that Vera Lynn, famous for “We’ll Meet Again” and immortalized in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, outlived the writer of her New York Times obituary by 4 years.
rYA4 TIL Serbia grows over one-third of the world raspberries
awXlJ TIL about Neil Harbisson, a man who has an antenna permanency attached/implanted into his skull, which allows him to feel colors, receive data from the internet and satellites, and much more. He is considered the world's first cyborg.