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TIL that there was a Portuguese man raised in South Africa called Fernando Pessoa who had around 70 different personalities.

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bVAE TIL Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to experience withdrawal from
Mxg8 TIL in 1959 a group of soviet-era Russian scientists were selectively breeding the silver fox. Through selecting foxes with desirable characteristics, calm demeanour for example, the project produced the first human friendly phenotypes.
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Wk1L8 TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work,claiming they felt gay.
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