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TIL that all the Rugrats were voiced by women!

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0yeR TIL a 5 year old boy in India fell asleep on a train and ended up lost and alone in Calcutta. 25 years later he finally found his way home using Google Maps
7rVQ7 TIL about Krista & Tatiana Hogan. Conjoined twins with a thalamic bridge allowing them to know each other's thoughts and share senses, yet each retains a distinct sense of self. Biologist Peter Watts has described them as the first natural hivemind of the human species (second source in comments)
LkLod TIL Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald was adamantly opposed to state regulation of firearms even though many in his own party worried about the proliferation of cheap, easily concealable handguns. He believed the right to carry weapons was an important component of British liberty
XEBQE TIL that there is a pineapple on top of the Wimbledon trophy likely because it used to be a symbol of prestige at the time when the trophy was designed
nWx5P TIL of Columbia, the personification of the United States for over 200 years, and was even the alternate name for the United States. She is the reason for the District of Columbia, British Columbia, etc. She was replaced by Lady Liberty, and was gradually forgotten after WWI.