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TIL that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA.

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6EPA7 TIL in 2005 a 73-year-old Kenyan man killed a leopard with his bare hands by ripping its tongue out
aLPo TIL that India is only 109th in real population density, as such a high percentage of the land is arable. There is roughly the same amount of farmable land in India per Indian as there is in Germany for each German.
d81d TIL if you are 20 years old you’ve lived through over 90 wars.
yVQbX TIL TIL After he died Einstein’s family directed that he—meaning all of him—be cremated. Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, decided to remove Albert’s brain before releasing his body to the undertakers. He stored Einstein’s brain in his home for 20+ years in Mason jars
KYrvw TIL a village in Portugal encourages children to smoke cigarettes as part of a traditional Epiphany ritual.