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TIL There’s a restaurant owned by a person with Downs Syndrome that offers Breakfast, Lunch, and Hugs.

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volD TIL a farmer in 1898 discovered a Viking runestone under the roots of a tree and it dates to 1362, suggesting Vikings were the first to discover America.
Rrd4 TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.
mL0P TIL There are only 22 countries in the world that the British haven’t invaded or attacked.
4Eda TIL army ants are used as “natural sutures” - their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and break off the body
nebgb TIL that in 1867, an American businessman attended a reading of A Christmas Carol and was so moved by it, that he closed his factory on Christmas Day and sent every employee a turkey.