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TIL Johnny Knoxville is the result of “significant inbreeding”. This was discovered by a genealogist he himself hired.

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WEJ4 TIL during WW1 the British executed soldiers inflicted with Shell Shock (Combat Stress Disorder) on the basis of cowardice because Shell Shock wasn’t considered a psychiatric disorder.
AN0lx TIL of French Neo-Socialist, Marcel Déat. In May of 1939 he wrote 'Why Die for Danzig' (Mourir pour Dantzig?) urging France to appease Hitler by surrendering to his ultimatum for Danzig. Déat would later act as a collaborator with Vichy France.
9w80X TIL, 14 year old math Olympiad perfect scorer has been missing for 21 years, leaving a single note behind.
6oll TIL “the world has more than 50,000 edible plants, yet just three commodity crops—rice, maize, and wheat—provide 60 percent of the plant-derived calories we eat”
5Y6yp TIL that in the strait between Denmark & Sweden is a natural island called Saltholm (Salt Islet). When the countries built a bridge connecting the two, they made an artificial island and named it Peberholm (Pepper islet) to complement Saltholm