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TIL Finns are Mongols from central Asia

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v587 TIL that in 1971 A 17 year old Girl Juliane Koepcke was the only survivor of a plane crash in the jungle of Peru. she wandered ten days through the jungle with an injured knee, a broken collarbone and only some sweets as food until she found a group of lumbermen who brought her into a town.
47DX TIL France owns a small island off the coast of Newfoundland that is entirely comprised of rock (St. Pierre). The streets are carved into the rock, and instead of cemeteries, inhabitants carved tombs into the island which are there to this day.
oklW TIL That soy can cause infertility and erectile dysfunction in men due to a dramatic increase in estrogen levels and blocking of protein receptors.
grM7 TIL that the U.S. Government killed over 10,000 people with poisoned alcohol during the Prohibition
pYOBO TIL that the beach episodes of SpongeBob that show an underwater body of water aren't just an absurdity, but have a factual basis: brine pools.