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TIL that Christian self-help author John Eldredge's book "Wild at Heart" is required reading for the La Familia drug cartel.

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D7dY TIL: That a British Man rescued 669 children destine for death camps from Nazis, arranged for them to have homes and smuggled them to Britain, and at 104 he is still alive today.
v16yB TIL that giraffes have valves that control blood flow up and down their necks. Without them they would pass out after lifting their head up from ground level.
M7DE7 TIL about Virgin Boy Eggs, a traditional dish from Dongyang China, where eggs are boiled in the urine of boys 10 years or younger
4XWd5 TIL Even tho Saladin ruled a vast empire, encompassing all of the Levant, modern day Iraq, and parts of North Africa and Arabia, at the time of his death, he had no money left to pay for his funeral. He donated everything to the poor
ANMVg TIL the last character Mel Blanc (voice of Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, etc.) voiced was Mr. Spacely on Jetsons: The Movie (1990). Blanc died a year before it released.