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8ZQb The medical name for a butt crack is “Intergluteal Cleft”
rBmx TIL Since 1965, a nuclear reactor has been orbiting the Earth. It’s broken now but will continue its orbit for another 4000 years
xVLy1 TIL Jadav Payeng single-handedly planted a 1,360-acre Forest in India by planting a Tree everyday for 35 years. That Forest is now home to Tigers and above hundred Elephants
mxKkM TIL about auto-antonyms, which are words that can have 2 different meanings that are the opposite of each other. (For example, the word bolt, which can mean "to secure together" or "to flee")
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.