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TIL in 1969 a 13 year old Tanzanian schoolboy posed a question scientists still can’t answer

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Me1R7 TIL That Hedwig from Harry Potter was named after Saint Hedwig, the Patron Sain of Orphans, and also died protecting Harry when he turned 18, as he was no longer an orphan.
VMemG TIL in the 50s and 60s both American and Soviet films were banned in Yugoslavia, so instead they imported films from Mexico, who were going through their cinematic golden age. This created a Mexican craze in Yugoslavia where Yugoslav singers would dress like mariachis, sing songs in a Mexican style
N75Re TIL that a Magic the Gathering card, Black Lotus, sold for $87,000
0Z0v TIL that Kim Ung-yong understood algebra at age 3, by the time he was 2 could speak 4 languages fluently, started attending university at age 4 and graduated at age 8, and has the highest I.Q. (210) in the world.
ADKog TIL that 150,000 people die everyday