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TIL an arctic expedition to the ‘hollow earth’ was planned for 2007, only being cancelled because of the leader’s death

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6edJ TIL that platform shoes have been around since the 15th century, and were called Chopines. Some exceeded 20 inches, and the wearer typically required a servant to help balance.
LkADd TIL Eşref Armağan is a naturally visually impaired Turkish man and was able to successfully portray models of objects he had not seen throughout his life by touching them with his fingertips. He is the first blind man who drew perspective art.
N7GA6 TIL the Saudi blockade of Yemen has caused 70% of Yemen's population to starve. Over 50k children died of starvation in 2017 alone.
kv8g TIL that PETA euthanized 95% of the animals in the shelter at its main headquarters in 2011.
8a5n4 TIL Presidential elections held in Belarus on 23 June 1994 were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union three years earlier