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TIL that the Where’s Waldo book series was released with different names internationally. In Britain you were looking for Wally, Germans searched for tiny Walter, the French scoured the pages for petite Charlie, and if you were a young South African you tried to spot a little Willie.

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9w8Mr TIL That Killer Whales or Orcas are Dolphins
MYW0 TIL the first documented cases of cancer were found on papyrus manuscripts in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. In these manuscripts, 8 cases of breast tumors are mentioned that were removed by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.”
yVGOJ TIL in 1836, when Nikolai Gogol presented his play The Government Inspector, focusing on a corrupt mayor tries to cover up his own corruption and bribe a visitor he mistakes as an inspector, the tsar personally overruled the censors and had it staged as a warning to officials.
AD7Dl TIL from Paul Stamets “6 ways mushrooms can save the world” TED talk, that mushrooms and mycelium are powerful antibiotic agents with many potential untapped applications in pharmaceuticals, pesticides, terraforming other planets, ecological healing/the reestablishment of biospheres, and much more.
DRjp TIL in Kitsap County, Washington a man was picked up for a DUI while his dog, was in his car. When he got out of lockup 60 days later his dog was already adopted. He stole her back, and was arrested for dognapping his own dog, but got off proving his rights of private property had been violated.