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TIL that the most successful pirate in history was a woman named Ching Shih

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818X TIL in Zagreb, Croatia there is replication of all 9 planets (at the time) sizes and distances in the same scale as Sun. In 2004. there was a scavenger hunt to find them beacuse the locations were unknown
XEdbX TIL between the 1840's and 1940's there was an idea that couples did better to sleep in separate beds. People thought if couples slept together the sleeper who was weaker in some way (such as older) would absorb vitality from the sleeper who was stronger in some way
jl8M TIL Jim Carrey used to write Tupac funny letters when he was in prison to cheer him up. Tupac also said that Carrey was his favourite actor
b64M9 TIL boiling water can remove microplastics
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