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TIL “OK” was invented for the lolz

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p8oxp TIL the opposite of albinism is melanism and it is only present in animals but looks incredible.
DQE7p TIL the female figure in the left side of Coat of Arms of New Zealand's design and appearance was inspired by the actress Grace Kelly; Just because the designer Jack Marshall(a future Prime Minister) liked her so much.
NX4o8 TIL A romance novelist who wrote an online essay “How to Murder Your Husband” received life in prison for murdering her husband.
gr9y4 TIL about George de Hebesy who dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of German physicists in aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from taking them. After the war, he found the solution undisturbed and reconstituted the gold. The Nobel Foundation then recast the medals and presented them back to the winners.
4XkLa TIL that Australia has the highest rate of private incarceration per capita of any country in the world.