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TIL that long before it was home to silly relationship advice, Cosmopolitan published an exposé of the corruption of the United States Senate.

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5YgZB TIL there are rainforests in Wales as a result of high humidity and stable temperatures. The EU is funding an effort to maintain them by ridding them of invasive species.
KYlQw TIL Josef Mangele aka The Angel of Death, who was the chief Nazi Dr at Auschwitz, died of old age in Brazil in 1979
Y7O9B TIL Bamboo is the world’s fastest-growing plant. Certain bamboo species can grow 91 centimeters (about 35 inches) in a single day.
1MEV TIL the first self-made female millionaire in USA was a black woman named Sarah Breedlove Walker
M51V TIL That serial killer Jake Bird placed a “Bird Hex” on those attending/working his court trial, claiming “Mark my words, you will die before I do.” 6 People died following the case.