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TIL of Genie Wiley who was kept as socially isolated as possible by her father for the first 13 years of her life. She was studied extensively after her release, helping further psychological and linguistic science.

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LQExp TIL that Alice Liddell, of "Alice in Wonderland" fame, was once proposed as a potential wife for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the son of Queen Victoria. Years later, Leopold named his first child "Princess Alice" after her, and he was made the godfather to Alice's second son, Leopold Hargreaves.
NXv4J TIL Archimedes’ estimate for the number of grains of sand sufficient to fill the then known universe was 10^63 grains of sand
6E1pm TIL that Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud met in 1938. Dalí started sketching Freud and Freud whispered to his friends: “That boy looks like a fanatic.” The remark, repeated to Dalí, delighted him.
BJQW TIL if Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title was given to the next fastest finisher who hasn’t been found to dope, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher
vPebx TIL that in 2009 5 stranded fishermen were rescued by the USS Rhode Island, an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine.