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TIL of a girl who spent her first 13 years in severe social isolation, usually strapped to a potty chair in a dark room with only a yellow raincoat to look at.

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4kaYb TIL of the 5th century BCE Long Walls of Athens, 6km long fortifications securing the city’s connection to the sea
XWyQ TIL Tom Carvel began selling ice cream out of his truck in 1929. One day he had a flat tire, so he pulled over and began selling his melting ice cream to vacationers driving by. They enjoyed the softer version more than the fully frozen dessert, and the Carvel soft-serve business was born.
graky TIL of St Clair’s Defeat of 1791, when British armed Native Americans inflicted one of the worst ever defeats on the US Military.
xV9Go TIL that in Kuwait in 1991, ten Iraqi soldiers surrendered to two American journalists that they came across. They were cold and underfed and had buried their guns. They wanted to be taken prisoner so they could get food and water. The journalists obliged and then took them to a Saudi army unit.
RQM8 TIL that King Tut’s tomb was actually found by the archaeologist’s water boy.