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TIL in one 13th-century version of the King Arthur myth, Merlin is the spawn of a demon and a mortal woman and was intended by Satan to be the Antichrist, but was baptized by a priest shortly after birth which nullified Satan's plan, and now uses his demonic powers of magic and prophecy for good.

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9KgD TIL Elizabeth Taylor’s apparent dark outlined eyes were due to a rare genetic mutation giving her “double eyelashes”.
VMr1m TIL that the ability of mantis shrimp to detect polarised light has inspired cancer-detecting technologies bc light reflects differently from cancerous and healthy tissue
J1dMv TIL A community close to the jungles in Uganda received $50,000, the area's 20 percent share of annual income from gorilla tourism and now villagers are motivated to protect gorillas. In the past residents didn't realize gorillas were rare or special as some people even ate them
xOlg TIL that South Carolina was not flying the confederate flag for the first half of the 20th century, and only reintroduced it in the 1960s in response to being forced to integrate their schools.
wo846 TIL Canada's population growth rate of 2.7% in 2022 would put it among the top 20 in the world. Almost all countries with a higher pace of population growth were in Africa.