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TIL: Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Studied!
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TIL that there is a prison facility in downtown Chicago that is 28 floors high, has a rooftop exercise yard and each cell has a slit window
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TIL that the charter of the United Nations still states that Germany is an enemy country, even though it is now the third biggest financial contributor.
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TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident.
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TIL about the Faʻafafine people. They are people who identify themselves as having a third gender or non-binary role in Samoa, American Samoa and the Samoan diaspora. A recognised gender identity/gender role in traditional Samoan society, they are an integral part of Samoan culture
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TIL that in the 18th century, to ‘break a leg’ was a euphemism for a woman having an illegitimate child