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TIL that glue was made by melting horses, fish, and other animals before the invention of synthetic adhesives

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o5RE TIL after the 2007 movie “The Man From Earth” was illegally shared via BitTorrent, the producer publicly thanked the file sharers because it “lifted the profile of the film far beyond the financier’s expectations.”
KOQ1Q TIL King Tut had a Dagger Made from a Meteorite
yVY6w TIL about Anton Syndrome, in which some blind people insist they can see, even making up things they see though they are obviously blind
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vPlNK TIL that History of infant schools in Great Britain. The first infant school in Great Britain was founded in New Lanark, Scotland, in 1816. It was followed by other philanthropic infant schools across Great Britain.