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TIL that Mary Had A Little Lamb has an extended version which touchingly promotes kindness to animals

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kBd7 TIL that Leopold II slaughtered as many people as Hitler did, yet remains historically obscure.
bdna TIL that in a review of the vocal ranges of popular singers, Mike Patton of Faith No More was found to have the widest at just over six octaves.
ZpvG TIL Low social interaction is as harmful as 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic, or being obese
kJ6PW TIL of Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest confidant and right-hand man in World War II. In 1939, he suffered from stomach cancer and lost 75% of his stomach in an operation. Told that he had only four weeks to live, Hopkins suffered through poor health to work throughout World War II, and died in 1946.
D1kPV TIL about the Bermuda Triangle of the Pacific, the century-old Dragon's Triangle (or the Devil's Sea). It is located near Japan and known for similar "paranormal" properties and unexplained instances of disappearing ships.