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TIL: A woman was raised by monkeys after being kidnapped and abandoned in jungle when she was 4

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kbLd TIL that the Chinese word for “contradiction”, 矛盾, consisting of the characters for “spear” and “shield” respectively, is said to derive from an old tale in which a Chinese merchant proclaimed to sell “spears that could pierce any shield” and “shields that could defend from all spear attacks”.
mGdo TIL of quasar 3c273, which is 4 trillion times brighter than the sun, and 100 times brighter than the output of all the stars in the milkyway. It’s so bright, that if it were 33 light years away, it would shine just as bright in the sky as the sun, which is only 8 light minutes away.
QJbDL TIL "Nearly 75 percent of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling
ADo57 TIL about the "Kentucky Meat Shower," an incident in 1876 wherein chunks of meat fell from the sky, sparking lots of wild theories about how it happened. To this day, there's no 100% certain explanation
4kBbN TIL that all people have hemorrhoids.