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TIL Chandra Kumari Gurung, a Nepalese woman, spent six years in a mental hospital after being mistakenly identified as a mental patient due to her inability to speak Korean.

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m1EDM TIL: Moving Earth is an acknowledged astro engineering concept which moves the Earth away from the Sun to counter rising temperatures. Plausible methods involves using asteroids. However risks include losing the Moon, disrupting seasons, and having the asteroid hit and wipe out all life.
mxnJR TIL in 1984 a group of Australian Aboriginal people living a traditional nomadic life were discovered in the Gibson desert in Western Australia. They had been unaware of the arrival of Europeans on the continent, let alone cars - or even clothes.
b66OQ TIL about Hypospadias, a birth defect in boys in which the opening of the urethra is not located at the tip of the penis.
KOBxB TIL after he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello moved to Los Angeles, where he supported himself, first by working as a stripper
J1jQj TIL Taco bell has been cutting the amount of sodium in their food for over a decade without making it known.