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TIL: A man saved a newborn baby from dumpster and found out that he was the father. The baby’s mother told the police she did not know she was pregnant until she gave birth to the child and allegedly put the living baby in a garbage bag and tossed him into the dumpster.

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7r1MX TIL that in the 1600s, some monks in Germany only drank beer and water during their 40-day fast for lent. They concocted an “unusually strong” brew, full of carbohydrates and nutrients. In 2011, a journalist attempted to re-create their fast. He lost 25 pounds during the ordeal.
GjWQ TIL: In 2014 The International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology accepted an article whose content was “Get me off your fucking mailing list.” repeated for ten pages.
gMbx4 TIL that in 1790, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal-based system for weight, length, and volume that predates the metric system. If it had been adopted, 1 mile would equal 10,000 ft, an inch would be divisible by 10, and 1 cubic foot would equal exactly 1,000 ounces.
K05a TIL that Cartman’s mom, Liane, is named after Trey Parker’s cheating ex-fiancee, thus the jokes about her promiscuity.
wonMJ TIL that Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paraglider, was unexpectedly caught in a thunderstorm and pulled up into a cumulonimbus cloud, reaching an altitude of 10,000m (33,000ft). She survived extreme temperatures of -50°C and oxygen deprivation at a height higher than Mount Everest.