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TIL that because of being descendants of Alexander Pushkin, who himself was a descendant of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, several members of British aristocracy would have African ancestry.

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7DB7 TIL a stroke suffering cat owner tried to teach his cat to press a 911 speed dial. Unsure whether the training stuck, the owner later fell from his wheel chair during a seizure. Police received a silent 911 call from the house and arrived to find the man incapacitated and the cat by the phone.
JQkj TIL Camp 1391 is a secret prison 1 hour from Tel Aviv, dubbed “the Israeli Guantanamo”. It was discovered by accident in 2003 by an israeli historian while researching old british police buildings
lmQa TIL: There are more than 450 different english translations of the bible. They all say things differently and It has been discovered that there are translation errors in all the popular english versions. Many christians may have beliefs based off a mistranslation.
9d4D TIL that it is possible for a human to become a Chimera by fusing with his/her fraternal twin in the womb. If it occurs early enough, each twin will claim body parts as his/her own, allowing a single person to be made up of two genetically different individuals.
9jAX TIL that while projections show Islam and Christianity having population booms into 2050, atheism is expected to dwindle as time goes on. The main reason is atheists have extremely low fertility rates in comparison to Christians and Muslims.