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TIL : You Can Call 112 from Any Mobile Phone, Even Without a SIM Card, and It Will Connect You to Emergency Services Worldwide

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P11JO TIL Tarzan was not raised by gorillas, but rather a fictional manlike ape species called Mangani with their own language. According to one book, they beat on earthen drums during ritualistic dances.
d8led TIL that the average American will eat 2984 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches over the course of their lifetime! Stacked together, that is taller then the Statue of Liberty!
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78nmb TIL that gold standard was accidentally introduced by Isaac Newton
78r1X TIL of Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, a French lawyer who made his reputation as a criminal lawyer by successfully defending a group of rats that were put on trial for destroying barley crops in 1508.