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TIL Ty Cobb debuted in center field for the Detroit Tigers, three weeks after his mother killed his father

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VMn18 TIL While constructing a tunnel in Denmark, Stone Age artifacts were uncovered in the aerobic clay. Among the discoveries was a stone axe with wooden shaft still attached, estimated to be 5,500 years old.
0xwL TIL of the Rosenthal Effect: Telling a teacher a student is smart changes how the teacher interacts with the student - and in one study, raised childrens’ IQ by 25 points in tests 9 months apart
N7GL1 TIL that the cause of death of famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is believed to be from a bladder infection after politeness kept him from excusing himself to use the bathroom during a royal banquet in October 1601, causing his bladder to rupture.He died 11 days later.
JaY4 TIL a Canadian Shepherd who has been preserving rare Shropshire sheep for the last 12 years has been in a battle against the CFIA, who killed her entire healthy flock, and now faces up to 12 yrs in jail and fines of $1.5 million.
9Ybjp Today I learned that the Jews found refuge in China during the Second World War.