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TIL of Marcos Rodriguez Pantoja, a man who grew up in the wild amongst wolves from an early age until 19 years old. In 2018 he expressed he was disappointed with humanity and wished to return to the wild

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emLD TIL a prototype testing platform has been built by Chinese scientists for a magnetic levitation train that could travel up to 2900 km/h and take you from Paris to Moscow in just 1 hour.
0wKk5 TIL A house Cat's genome is around 95.6% Tiger. They diverged in the evolutionary tree around 10.8 million years ago.
awB0y TIL A museum in North Korea features a VHS copy of "Space Jam"
WZBd TIL: North Carolina performed forced sterilizations well into 1970s to combat poverty and welfare costs. If their board deamed you mentally defective, that was their solution.
rLP0 TIL mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with the first delivery starting ~7:30AM and the last one at ~7:30PM. Most Victorians were highly concerned of “return of post” (requesting immediate response) and they often complained if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours.