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TIL the Cookie Monster has a real name. It`s Sid.

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W6d9 TIL Singapore, China, India, Japan and Thailand plans to restore Nalanda University, one of the oldest ancient universities that was burnt down by Muslim invaders in 1193.
8K58 TIL There are DVDs made of stone that last 1000 years and can be read by most standard players.
N7rL1 TIL when slave/abolitionist Frederick Douglass was 16, he fought back against his brutal master. Edward Covey, a man who had a reputation as a "slave-breaker," whipped Douglas regularly and almost broke him until one day, Douglass fought and came out victorious. Covey never tried to beat him again.
R7MN8 TIL Hallucinatory 'voices' shaped by local culture. In the U.S.A., voices are harsh and threatening while those heard by schizophrenics in Africa and India tend to be more benign and playful.
BrOMy TIL from the 1860s to the 1928, in some jurisdictions of the Southern United States, prisoners were leased to private businesses