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TIL in 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught using human heads stolen from the schools anatomy lab to warm up before a game.

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6EPlw TIL when Emperor Honorius was told about the fall of Rome he "cried out," thinking his favorite chicken, named Roma, had died. On hearing that it was instead the city Rome that had fallen, Honorius breathed a sigh of relief.
PY54G TIL Finland's 'housing first' policy requires the government to give people living on the street a free house before any financial aid. This model has proven to get people on their own feet much quicker and is being replicated by other European countries.
Ood6R TIL the pyramids weren't built by slaves but paid workers, who often left graffiti on unexposed areas of the pyramids identifying their crews, like "The Drunkards of Menkaure"
l7J47 TIL female Crocodiles can produce offspring asexually, without the need for fertilisation from a male
xa1D TIL that when Einstein died in 1955, a small notebook containing his calculations were found. The notebook has been posted online for everyone to see.