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TiL that bog bodies (natural mummies) have formed inadvertently as recently as 1945

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eQRL TIL New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia but of the submerged continent of Zealandia
pYAKN TIL author Maya Angelou was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated on her 40th birthday. For many years after she didn't celebrate her birthday only marking the occasion by reaching out to King's widow.
4RNw TIL: Pythagoras invented a cup which spills ALL of its contents if the user pours in more than the allowed amount. It uses the same siphon principle as modern toilets to control gluttony.
PYB0Z TIL That most of the world's biggest, longest, & tallest rollercoasters are built by a company from one of the smallest countries in the world, Intamin of Liechtenstein
epm5n TIL women are significantly more likely than men to experience partner abandonment during serious illness