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TIL Guinea Pig Club - a group of Allied airmen who bonded during their extended stays at a remarkable burn recovery hospital started during WWII in England

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kVj1 TIL that Thor Heyerdahl stated that ancient people from South America could have settled in Polynesia, but most anthropologists didn’t believe him. So in 1947 he built a primitive raft and made the 101-day journey himself.
OobW7 TIL the first ever vsauce video was a shitpost about E3 2011
QNkvL TIL there is a French hydrogen fuel auto startup called Hopium, an internet meme portmanteau for something designed to give people hope in a hopeless situation
KWGB TIL of the “Petticoat duel”; in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock challenged Mrs. Elphinstone to a duel in London’s Hyde Park over remarks the latter made about the former’s true age; they dueled with pistols, then with swords, until Mrs. E agreed to write Lady A an apology.
OGoOR TIL Canada has 8,500 rivers and 2 million lakes