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TIL that from 2012-2013, large and precisely cut pieces of flesh were found in sewers by workers on 3 separate occasions. These pieces were DNA tested and found out to be chunks of flesh from an unknown human being. There is no culprit to date

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plDb TIL there are children known as “Guevedoces” in the Dominican Republic that do not grow their penises until around puberty. Many are assumed to be female until then.
OGLx4 TIL that the names for Wales, Walloonia, Cornwall, Gaul, and many more, are related via one proto-germanic word meaning "foreigner"
d81nQ TIL that in 1954, Warren Buffett tried to corner the market on Blue Eagle stamps. He bought almost 400,000 of them, expecting 2,500% gains from desperate collectors. The demand never materialized: he ended up selling his stamp stash at a loss in 1982. He never bought collectibles again after that.
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rbr1 TIL If you receive merchandise (for example: from an online vender) that you didn’t order, you have a legal right to keep it as a “free gift”, and you aren’t even legally obliged to notify the seller you’re going to keep it.