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TIL that someone had a baby three months premature– the baby was declared stillborn. . The mother, eager to at least see the baby 12 hours after the operation– found the baby alive. . nailed in a coffin, almost frozen inside the morgue.

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KxZ6 TIL that Joseph Stalin was so harsh to his son, Yakov, that he shot himself in a failed attempt to commit suicide. Stalin later remarked, “He can’t even shoot straight.”
xOQ1 TIL Google has found GPA’s and test scores to be “worthless as a criteria for hiring”; they have teams where 14% of their employees haven’t gone to college
EgDj7 TIL the language of Madagascar is related to the languages of Malaysia, Hawaii, and Easter Island
v6L4 TIL Malcolm X, then Malcolm Little, was elected class president by an almost all-white class in middle school.
Vko8 TIL that the dangerously explosive cars in the Fallout games are based on the Ford Nucleon, a nuclear powered concept car from the 50s.