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TIL that in 1972, the Tutsi-dominated army and government of Burundi killed 100k-150k educated Hutus.

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neReo TIL Samuel Clemens (AKA Mark Twain), who was born 186 years ago on November 30th, was born two months early and was not expected to live. He ended up being one of three children in his family who survived to adulthood while four other of his siblings passed away.
lovm7 TIL that last year a 70-year-old butcher in the south of England who became locked in his walk-in freezer, used a 1.5kg roll of black pudding to escape from the -20 degree celsius temperatures by using it as a battering ram
MejBA TIL why we have a stronger urge to pee when closer to the toilet. From an early age, we're taught to associate the bathroom with peeing. So the closer we get to one, that programming, located deep in the rivers of the subconscious mind, activates the thought and the body acts.
gMv0D TIL that a Texas man who shot an armadillo, got hit in the face by his own bullet that bounced off from the hard shell
0dRDR TIL of a 2009 Duke University study which showed that hyenas outperformed primates in cooperative problem solving tests with some subjects teaching inexperienced partners how to perform some tricks.