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TIL there is an Orthodox Jewish prayer men say in the morning thanking god for not making them a woman.

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P10Xn Til that a Captain Charles Boycott was ostracized by his community so hard his last name became synonymous with this form of protest.
A8r7 TIL the format of the Lincoln–Douglas debates. One candidate spoke for 60 minutes. Then the other candidate spoke for 90 minutes. Then the first candidate was allowed a 30-minute reply.
v1p0B TIL the original Lego bricks were not invented by Lego but by a British company called Kiddicraft. As the Lego company was close to bankruptcy they found out about the bricks, marketed them as their own and made a fortune out of it.
0D4M TIL that during WWII, King Christian X of Denmark was one of the only rulers of an occupied country who refused to go into exile for his own safety. He took daily rides through Copenhagen unattended to show he was not afraid.
nedor TIL 70 years ago Russian scientists developed the first concept of a fusion reactor, called Tokamak. This reactor has the shape of a metal hollow bagel, in which a strong magnetic field keeps the plasma at a safe distance from the walls of the reactor.