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TIL World’s second smartest man has IQ of 192 and has and spent many years as a bar bouncer, stripper and nude model.

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B88K TIL that in 2013 a Manhattan dad was deemed “wholly incapable” of parenting his 4-year-old son because he refused to take him to McDonald’s.
PQNn TIL whites in Oklahoma slaughtered up to 300 blacks, buried them in mass graves, and burned down their town in the worst race riot in US history. This was done because of a made-up newspaper headline.
WA7o TIL that the “American” flags at Disney’s Magic Kingdom intentionally contain less than 50 stars so that they don’t have to be taken down in poor weather or lit up at night.
yQxKw TIL there’s no scientific difference between pigeons and doves — the difference boils down to linguistic traditions.
dy18 TIL that Oxford University is so old, one of its contituent colleges called “New College” was established in 1379.