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TIL During human embryological growth, the anus is the first structure to develop. Unfortunately many humans never develop beyond this point and continue through life as assholes.

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ndA9 TIL there is a proposal to allow for the free movement of people between Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia, which in a poll of 67,000 people, over 90% were in favor of
N7jNb TIL that Henry Tandy, the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler, went on to become the most decorated private soldier in WWI. During the 5th battle of Ypres, Tandy, who refused to kill unarmed men one of which, was supposedly Hitler, Received the Victorian Cross award.
N717N TIL that Seneca, the Stoic philosopher defined happiness as a state where's nothing missing and you enjoying the present moment without anxious dependence upon the future.
ZlWo TIL that it takes 8,000 pounds of force to pull apart two interlocked phone books. You could literally hang two full sized cars from them.
neEdd TIL some plants that relied on extinct animals to disperse their seeds now rely on rodents, who will bury them. The seeds travel further when other rodents steal them, and bury them again, and again, and again, etc.