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TIL that the most severe case of social isolation is that of Genie, a girl who spent the first 13 years of her life locked in a bedroom.

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84kG TIL that the majority of war hammers looked more like regular claw hammers on poles than the huge mallets we imagine
6EQRX Til that the cargo hold of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is one foot longer than the entire length of the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.
Aj8l TIL more people are executed for witchcraft in modern times than in previous centuries. In Tanzania alone 20,000 ‘witches’ have been brought to death in the past 20 years.
nZN9 TIL That in 1054, Chinese Astronomers witnessed a supernova explosion, which appeared as a bright star that would be visible even in daytime
eZ64 TIL of the GMO apple that doesn’t brown after it’s been sliced