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TIL there's a Woodhenge 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge

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xVgYD TIL That Down Syndrome named as such because the term "Mongolian Idiocy" is deemed offensive and so the family name of the person who published paper about it, John Langdon Down, used to rename the syndrome and that happened long after he died. Down also used to call them "Mongolian Idiots"
EVaP TIL Horses are as good as bloodhounds in tracking people
0d6ry TIL Ursula von der Leyen has seven children and was a housewife through much of the 90s.
9JRG TIL men and women see colors differently. In general, women are better at discriminating among colors while men excel at tracking fast-moving objects and discerning detail from a distance.
8x5Z TIL that the 2000 Nickelodeon TV-movie ‘Cry Baby Lane’ was considered lost for over a decade, until 2011, when a Reddit post about the film prompted a user to find his recorded VHS copy, making it available online. This positive reaction to the film inspired Nickelodeon to re-air it later that year.