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TIL: The hand print of Nelson Mandela actually resembles the African continent.

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yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
R7Dyj TIL that in 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, the Kingdom of Tonga was among the first to declare war against Germany. Subsequently, in result of a public campaign the society of Tonga funded two Spitfire fighter aircrafts. The Kingdom was ruled at that time by queen Sālote Tupou III
DQKrD TIL females are more likely than males to intervene when they are a bystander to sexual violence
p8KBZ TIL 70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives.
woo7E TIL about The Death of The Artist, a performance art piece by Abel Azcona. Azcona invited several entities that had threatened his life and offered them a gun to kill him as Azcona stood on a raised platform.