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TIL that a Japanese TV show took three expert fencers and pitted them against 50 amateurs… at the same time

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MYlW TIL For over three years a poor, illiterate Peruvian farmworker Maxima Acuña de Chaupe withstood violent eviction attempts, beatings and a legal battle to allow Colorado’s Newmont Mining Corporation to turn her land into an open-pit gold mine.
a4go TIL: This is what obesity looked like in 1949
Zrja TIL Scratching a dog’s ears activates major nerve centers and releases pain-killing endorphins. It is also an effective act of bonding between the owner and pet.
LkZwv TIL Noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands. A team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries — three of them completely paralyzed — have regained use of their hands and fingers
7rE7p TIL that a clause that contains another clause is called a matrix clause. A clause within a clause is called a matrix clause, not inception clause. Matrix clause! SMDH