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TIL that, in 1379, a baby from Yorkshire was named Diot Coke.

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mMJR TIL there was only one Australian Aboriginal pilot in WWII nicknamed “The Black Magic” who after his service, lived the rest of his days in housing projects as a sheep shearer.
vlL7 TIL: The CDC recommends that Ebola survivors should use condoms indefinitely.
KwlE TIL that a white dove landed on Fidel Castro’s shoulder while he gave a speech, just after he liberated Cuba. It sat there one hour.
xV9DD TIL About Setenil de las Bodegas, a Spanish city built under a large rock that hangs over it
rRxO0 TIL in 1911, physicist George de Hevesy suspected his landlady was bulking up his meals with leftovers; he proved it by sprinkling radioactive material over his dinner and detecting it in the next day’s portion