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TIL: The sentinelese, an uncontacted hunter gatherer tribe living in a remote Indian island in the Bay of Bengal

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6BwQ TIL that the East German secret police force (the Stasi) once mailed a vibrator to a man’s wife in an attempt to drive him insane.
QJZme TIL The Italian child killer Massimo Bossetti was caught after his father, who had an affair with his mother, licked the back of a stamp 11 years ago before his death, which let the investigators to acquire his DNA. This lead to the arrest of his son, in the largest murder investigation in History.
xajk TIL French was the official language of England until the 14th century and they didn’t officially adopt English till 1509.
ZPOD TIL:People with dark eye color have faster reaction times than those with lighter eye colors.
KOnmE TIL the Kereru (NZ Wood Pigeon) at one time of the year fills its crop with berries while they ferment, gets drunk and falls out of trees making it easy to catch for food (it's protected now).