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TIL Helen Keller’s outspoken political radicalism throughout her adult life resulted in the FBI tracking her for years.

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KEMB TIL: The Bugis people of Indonesia recognise 5 genders, among them is a “Bissu”, an intersexed individual(not male not women) who has the duties of a sorcerer and is regarded highly within the society
6ERoQ TIL plans for a Texas art installation that would be left to naturally degrade were re-thought after vandals graffitied the exterior and stole its contents the night it was completed
r99x TIL that in 1963, the manager of Hall of Fame pitcher, Gaylord Perry, said jokingly, “They’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Sure enough, on July 20, 1969, Perry hit his first career home run, just an hour after Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
NXe6Q TIL Ondine’s curse occurs when a part of your brain is injured causing you to lose the subconscious drive to breathe
rvAy TIL Albert Einstein once declared that his second best idea after the theory of relativity was adding an egg to his soup while it was cooking so he wouldn’t have an extra pot to wash afterwards