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TIL The longest ever personality study found no correlation between people’s personalities at age 14 and age 77

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EYrw TIL that despite being lauded as modern day hero, as the leader of the ANC’s militant wing, Nelson Mandela was personally responsible for ordering hundreds of executions without trial, tortures, bombing campaigns, and the covering of rural farming paths with landmines.
X0Kmr TIL In 1st century China there were two rebellions were led by a peasant faction called the "Red Eyebrows". They painted their eyebrows red so they could easily tell which soldiers were on their side during a battle.
looVA Short answer: Yes
epdZE TIL about the 4x100m universal relay. It features 4 athletes with 4 different disabilities. Each team must be mixed, with 2 women and 2 men. The relay is started by a visually impaired athlete, followed by an amputee sprinter. In third place is a person with cerebral palsy, then a wheelchair athlete
epELJ TIL learned that Belize was a British colony