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TIL That Iran surpasses all Muslims countries in teaching evolution in its school curriculum.

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EgMlX TIL about John L Burns, a 70-year-old veteran of the war of 1812 who was caught in the crossfire during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863; after being released from his confederate prison, he promptly arrested the traitorous stragglers and took up his flintlock against the rest.
YpG6W TIL Desolation Islands [Kerguelen Islands] lived up to it's name being remotely situated in Southern Ocean, 3000+ km away from nearest mainland in Durban South Africa. There's no permanent resident, just 100+ researchers doing rotational work on flora, fauna & geological composition of the region.
4OGg TIL: Aaron Johnson (the lead of kickass) 23 is married to a 46 year old women and has 2 kids.
D1mQD TIL flypaper used to be made with metallic arsenic, which some people would soak in water to extract the poison. Fly paper had been used in several murder cases.
b6Ygp TIL actor Christopher Lee released a heavy metal Christmas album