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TIL that 63 Earths could fit inside Uranus

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JY6ZB TIL German culture has an extraordinary obsession with native Americans due to the wild west novels written by Karl may, the best selling German author of all times. Thousands of people are organized in clubs to “play native American life”.
9XjD TIL the word Rebel comes from the Latin verb Rebello, meaning “I renew war.”
y8p TIL that in medieval England, pregnancy was considered impossible without orgasm. Therefore, if a woman was raped and didn’t conceive, there was no evidence, but if she did conceive, it was assumed she enjoyed it. Either way, the rapist would not be convicted.
ALLB TIL that in an attempt to prove to a group of students that the glass in the Toronto-Dominion Centre was unbreakable, Garry Hoy threw himself through a glass wall on the 24th story and fell to his death after the window frame gave way.
WBWd TIL Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were with John Belushi on the night of his death