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TIL that the real Illuminati, founded in the late 1700s, were formed to oppose “superstition [and] prejudice,” and supported “women’s education and gender equality”

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WGPo TIL Rolls Royce didn’t start selling cars with body work until 1946. Up until then, they only sold the chassis and motor with a recommendation to use Barker & Co Ltd to build a customized body and coach. One of which designs is the world’s most expensive car at $57,000,000.
R7wM7 TIL Aimo Koivunen overdosed on methamphetamine, stepped on a land mine, survived for a week in a ditch by eating pine cones, skied 250 miles and was found weighing 94lb with a heart rate of 200bpm. Then wen ton to live for another 45 years!
LkeDv TIL a Man Saved A Drowning 400-lb Black Bear.
Eg6X7 TIL Since according to Quantum mechanics particles can be/are delocalized in space there is a non-zero chance that your crush is kissing you right now and also a non-zero chance that she/he is kissing everyone on this planet.
X0A8j TIL about the Guy West Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Sacramento, CA that is scaled-down replica of the Golden Gate Bridge