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9Y756 TIL in North Korea, this year isn’t 2020; it is the year 108
VyD8 TIL that Josh Radnor (Ted from How I Met Your Mother) is an outspoken opponent of pornography
QJZp6 TIL Maitreyi, an Indian philosopher from the 8th century BCE, is considered a symbol of Indian intellectual women. She was not interested in wealth, since it would not make her "immortal", but wanted to learn about immortality
D1YPg TIL of Julie D'Aubigny, the famous 17th century French opera singer who once took the holy vows to enter a convent so she could have sex with a nun. She also had a habit of seducing women at parties, which led to their husbands challenging her to a duel. An expert duelist, she killed 10 men this way
xbj0 TIL: Only 18,741 people (0.17%) of the 11 million that filled out a bracket for the billion dollar bracket challenge are still in the running after yesterday’s upsets.