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TIL: Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Studied!

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VQ8B 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
8edV 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.
EgQ4W 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.
KY05J 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
ao8M TIL that in the 18th century, to ‘break a leg’ was a euphemism for a woman having an illegitimate child