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TIL that Einstein did not really fail math; instead, he excelled, mastering differential and integral calculus by the age of 15.

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8e76V TIL that there is a religious manuscript from the 14th Century called "The Decretals of Gregory IX" featuring a figure who looks like Yoda in an orange robe. It's most likely part of a creative depiction of the story of Samson, according to the curator of the British Library.
5Vaxn TIL about the "lesbian vampire" archetype, which was used in the 19th-century gothic horror genre to circumvent the heavy censorship of lesbian characters
DLJ TIL The average person in the world is a 28 year old, Han Chinese, Male
kOy6B TIL goats' pupils are horizontal so that when when they bend their heads down to graze, their eyes stay level with the horizon, allowing them a better view of encroaching danger.
GAoy5 TIL, when walking into a bar in England, Jimi Hendrix and his band were told they weren't welcome by a bartender who said "Sorry, mates, we can't serve your sort in here,". Hendrix thought it was because he was black, but it was because they were mistaken for circus clowns.