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kOVv7 TIL that slavery is still legal in the United States, as punishment for a crime.
YpL0A TIL before the metric system was adopted, there was over 250,000 different units of measurement in France varying from town to town.
JVE8 TIL that Rob Knox, known as Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was stabbed to death in 2008 at age 18 in South London after defending his younger brother from two men, one of which was armed with two knives.
XEadX TIL about Olm a rare salamander one of whom lives in an underwater cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina that has not moved for 2,569 days (~7 years). The amphibian salamanders, known as olms, are blind and can live up to 100 years. Olms are only motivated to move when they mate, usually every 12.5 years.
OoYvR If you want to understand how snowboarders, skiers, and other Winter Olympians perform complex tricks while shooting through the open air, you need to understand cats.