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TIL that Twinless Twins is an organization that provides specialized support to twins whose twin sibling has died

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4EEo TIL that the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue was taken at the end of his 72nd birthday celebration. A photographer tried to persuade him to smile for the camera for a last time, but having smiled for photographers many times that day, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead.
4kppw TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library
RA66 TIL heroin use among US adults went from 0.33% to 1.6% from 2001 to 2013.
4X8AJ TIL that ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked and they competed nude to encourage aesthetic appreciation of the male body, and to be a tribute to the gods.
pYyDN TIL that the idea that snakes “size up” their pray before eating them is a myth