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TIL there are terrestrial leeches in the jungles of Asia!

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oRaK TIL that Martin Luther King Jr’s kids have licensed their father’s words and likeness to make millions for themselves.
VBwR4 TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born.
80wV TIL that although you can’t change the genes you inherit, you can change whether they are turned on or off.
ZaNp TIL Frankenstein was written due to a volcanic eruption. Because of all the ash in the sky, Mary Shelley and her friends would stay indoors and have contests of who could write the scariest stories. Frankenstein was the scariest.
9YZe7 TIL a gymnast born without legs, grew up idolized an Olympic gold medalist from afar. Then she later discovered they are long-lost sisters.