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TIL people occasionally find containers of butter in peat bogs that are hundreds of years old

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dErd TIL - After the fall of Berlin in WW2, so many rapes occurred that over 100,00 births in the city were believed to be the result of rape.
mxaAp TIL Neil Douglas boarded a flight & found his doppelgänger/lookalike, Robert Stirling, sitting in his seat. The whole plane laughed & they took a selfie. Douglas arrived at his hotel, only to find the same double at the check-in desk. Their paths crossed again at a bar & they shared a laugh & a pint
gr854 TIL your brain is able to make a decision for you seconds before you become aware of the fact that you are making a decision
mbmv TIL During Ellen Burstyn’s monologue in Requiem of a Dream about how it feels to be old, Matthew Libatique accidentally let the camera drift off-target. The reason was because he had been crying during the take and fogged up the camera’s eyepiece. This was the take used in the final print.
5YkOR TIL about Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He was greeted with kindness in most villages on his journey and offered free lodging and food.