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TIL that paper as we know it today (from wood pulp) was invented by a Canadian.

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xY9o TIL: That diamonds are one of the most common gemstones on the planet and their high price comes from a decades old manipulative marketing campaign.
YJa7 TIL A 15 year old from Wisconsin is the first person ever to survive rabies without a shot after the doctor suggested an experiment to put her in a medically induced coma, shutting her brain down, allowing her body to fight the rabies without spreading.
X0M5E TIL about the Time Cube Theory, which was a bogus theory created by Otis Eugene Ray who claimed to be "the wisest man on earth", that a day actually consists of four simultaneous days
jVKa TIL Miss Teen Delaware lost her title after appearing in a commercial porn.
Lkk5P TIL Alex was an African grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg. Alex could add, to a limited extent, correctly giving the number of similar objects on a tray.