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TIL Homeless children in the 90’s in Miami developed their own elaborate mythology.

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78yBX TIL Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II are honorary Harlem Globetrotters
kJ855 TIL Giraffes not only just use their long necks to reach for leaves as they are grazers. When they fight for a mate, they swing their necks around at their opponent. The winner is usually the one with the longer neck since there is more torque that is produced.
LQpOP TIL flat earth conspiracy theorists believe a conspiracy theory that the Flat Earth Society is a government controlled body to disprove flat earthers
BMox TIL Iran was a Democracy before the CIA-led 1953 Iranian coup d'état
gMkLb TIL that Nazis flooded archaeological site of Biskupin, a late Bronze Age fortified settlement and instrumental part of Polish historical consciousness, in hopes to destroy it. Ironically it led to very good preservation of the ancient timbers.