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TIL that a man’s bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test.

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8ayob TIL about body snatchers aka "resurrection men", paid men that were ought to do grave-robbing. These men provided a number of schools with cadavers, and members of the schools would use influence to keep these men out of jail. People (alive) used Railings to protect graves from body snatchers.
XEPVQ TIL that bears are considered by many wildlife biologists to be one of the most intelligent land animals of North America. They possess the largest and most convoluted brains relative to their size of any land mammal. In the animal kingdom, their intelligence compares with that of higher primates.
ee4b TIL 37% of Italians have never used the internet (as of 2012)
awDvL TIL that according to Gordan Ramsey, the 5 dishes everyone needs to know how to cook are 1) A great burger, 2) A healthy breakfast, 3) A braising dish, 4) A chicken dish and 5) An amazing cake.
m1r0M TIL that a woman named Violet Jessop survived three famous shipwrecks: the Titanic, the Britannic, and the Olympic.