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TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged

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Y6QA TIL that Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories in battles. But they still managed to deceive their enemies by elaborate ruses - like mounting dummies atop horses, and tying sticks to the horses’ tails to create dust storms.
5YQ6B TIL about "whisker fatigue" in cats - they eat only from the center of their food bowls and then cry about it because brushing their whiskers on the side of the bowl causes sensory overload
79Gb TIL the actor who played young Forrest Gump is now 30, and he served an 18-month tour in Iraq.
DQ5yg TIL that Hitler's beard, Eva Braun, made two suicide attempts in the years before she finally collected her Darwin Award in the Führerbunker.
p8dDG TIL that in the Middle Ages, being lovesick was a considered real disease, caused by humoral imbalance, and treated by exposure to light, gardens, calm and rest, inhalations, and warm baths, as well as with a diet of lamb, lettuce, eggs, fish, and ripe fruit.