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TIL Tinder has made a match in Antarctica.

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XWok TIL that President Ulysses S. Grant was arrested while in office. He was charged, booked, and released for speeding (on a horse) and had to pay a fine.
x6ARb TIL that there are 15 different plug styles.
loO77 TIL in 1493, Columbus thought he saw mermaids. "They were not as pretty as depicted, for somehow in the face they looked like men" he wrote. Today it is suspected that he saw a manatee.
rRDke TIL Drukpa Kunley is a famous 15th century Tibetan monk and poet who was known for his crazy methods of enlightening people. Women sought his blessing in the name of sex, earning him the nickname "The Saint of 5,000 Women," and his penis is often referred to as, "Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom."
wLLmE TIL of the existence of Sovereign Military Order of Malta. A sovereign state recognised by international law and seating in the UN without any territorial claims.