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TIL the last direct heir to Genghis Khan now works as a radio host in the United States

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xVdoD TIL of Theodore Hall, among the youngest Manhattan Project scientists. Finished high school at 14, graduated from Harvard at 18, and recruited for the nuclear program at 19. Fifty years later, near death, he admitted to having been a Soviet informant the entire time.
165pD TIL A Canadian judge canceled a marriage annulment after discovering that the wife who testified during court proceedings had been an imposter.
oBelY TIL that in 17th century Russia, bearded man were required to pay a tax in order to be able to keep it. They also had to carry a token with the phrase "the beard is a superfluous burden"
v7B8 TIL that comedian Simon Brodkin spoofed Britain’s Got Talent with a deliberately talent-less act that nonetheless pushed all the right emotional buttons to win “yes” votes from the judges.
xV5vg TIL the "tail suspension test" is one method researchers use to measure depression in rats. Subjects are hung upside down by their tails and timed to measure how long it takes the rat to stop struggling and accept its fate.