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TIL Eric Cartman has commited 43 different crimes

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xbZb TIL Charley Parkhurst - known as one of the best stagecoach drivers on the west coast during the American gold rush was in fact a woman disguised as a man and may have been the first woman to vote in a presidential election in California.
PaGn TIL Abraham Lincoln grew his famous beard because a 7 year old girl told him “All the ladies like whiskers”
KmKG TIL the Great Wall of China was built using sticky rice, creating a super-strong mortar that remains the best available material for restoring ancient buildings to this day.
YN4A TIL that the Pyongyang Central Zoo has a parrot which can squawk “Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung” in English.
Qa1E TIL that it is mathematically possible to turn a sphere inside out without creating any creases. The proof for this was developed by Bernard Morin; a blind mathematician.