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TIL The Count of Monte Cristo has never been out of print in most modern languages

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QJ1YL TIL that Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus) is one of the few plants in the world with thermogenic properties. It can generate internal temperatures from 27-63°F through cellular respiration.
KO54Q TIL Harvard University (founded 1636) temporarily lost the title of "oldest university in the United States" when the US colonized the Philippines (1899-1946), as Manila's Universidad de Santo Tomas (founded 1611) predated Harvard by 25 years.
jrNa TIL that a man on the internet convinced a large number of people he was a time traveler
R5Kpl TIL that Malaysian Malays must be a Muslim according to it’s government’s constitution
xBA5 TIL that the Czech Republic, consistently ranked among the Top 10 safest countries on earth, has virtually ‘USA levels’ of firearm permissiveness and has never had a school shooting.