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TIL that "Changeling" stories of human babies stolen from their parents and replaced with Fairy children may have been an explanation for children with autism

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JY7vl TILL That Winifer Fernandez was named #7 by the Salvadorian newspaper El Mundo among the 10 most beautiful and coveted athletes in the world. She reacted expressing that is a honor and a compliment for the Dominican women, but that she would like to be remembered for her playing skills.
v1Ak4 TIL that the last Aztec emperor has surviving descendants, and today they are Spanish dukes.
0Gwv TIL prescription drugs kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined.
d8Vgr TIL nearly every major vehicle in the British Army is equipped with a boiling vessel (to make tea). This tradition started with tanks near the end of WWII. It was safer than the improvised cans filled with fuel, and it reduced break time.
Lkkm9 TIL in January 2011, a homemade catapult was discovered that was used to smuggle marijuana into the United States from Mexico. The machine was found 20 feet from the border fence with 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg) bales of cannabis ready to launch.