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TIL that in South Africa, the Evolutionary theory was only introduced into the high school curriculum in 2008. Before that, the government had ignored it because it went against their beliefs (in creationism.)

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BrQbd TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked for 18 months in the Auckland islands in 1864, the 5 men lived in a thatched hut complete with glass windows and bookshelves. They built a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells, and even brewed beer.
kLG4 TIL Isla Kock also known as the “The Bitch of Buchenwald” was a Nazi who was known for her sadistic abusive methods towards her prisoners in which she often killed them and had them skinned alive to use to make items such as Lamp Shades. The Purse she proudly carried around was made from human skin
oRV97 TIL that Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskell on 'Leave it to Beaver' and became an LAPD police officer, was asked by Internal Affairs to remove his clothing to prove that he was not porn actor John Holmes.
4Xna TIL Iran contracted a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate a Saudi diplomat while in Washington, D.C. The plot was only foiled because the assassin was an informant for the DEA in the War on Drugs.
b9wr0 TIL about a Korean folktale called The Farting Daughter-in-law or Banggwijaengi myeoneuri. It's about a woman who destroys her husband's house with one of her destructive farts which causes his family to throw her out. They take her back after she knocks fruit off a tree with her farts.