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TIL Senna remains a national hero in Brazil. His grave attracts more visitors than the graves of John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley combined.

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d885K TIL that this parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue causing it to fall out. The parasite then becomes the fish’s new tongue.
ORZ4 TIL of Begum Samru (1753-1836), an Indian dancing girl who became the wealthy ruler of her own small principality. She led her troops into battle, and was so successful that many believed that she had supernatural powers. After baptism, Samru became India’s only Catholic ruler.
BrEYd TIL that some non-redheaded men have red beards because they have one copy of the MC1R gene. Two copies would make them fully redheads
EaLw TIL that after visiting the Three Mile Island nuclear plant’s accident in 1979, Jimmy Carter—trained in nuclear power from the US Navy—told his cabinet that the incident was minor. The president did not say so in public, however, to avoid offending fellow Democrats who opposed nuclear power.
VBjxk TIL in 1879 when the phone was becoming widespread and everyone was assigned phone numbers to make it easier for phone operators, the Bell Telephone company was initially worried that people might take offense to being reduced to a "number"