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TIL Synesthesia 'Crossing of Senses' Perceptual Phenomenon Where People See Sounds, Taste Words or Feel Sensations When They Smell, 4% of the Population Experience This

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awYkN TIL of Toregene Khatun, the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from 1241 to 1246. Never before, or since, has such a large empire been ruled by woman. During that time there were women on almost every highest positions in the empire. Surprisingly, none of them had been born Mongol.
L8o9 TIL of the Iron Front, a democratic paramilitary group that opposed the Nazis in the early 1930s, and who’s flag was designed to cross out the Swastika if superimposed on a Nazi flag.
QAQe TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.
AxZ4 TIL donning the enemy uniform during a time to war to conduct espionage or sabotage is not illegal as it is considered a “ruse of war” however donning the enemy uniform to conduct combat and assassination is a war crime.
5YxDB TIL the producers of animated series "Thundercats" and "SilverHawks" hired a psychological consultant to review every script and make sure the episodes contained positive moral lessons and no disturbing scenes