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TIL The philosopher Mencius moved three times in his childhood as his mom tried to find a suitable environment. When they lived by a cemetery, his mom found him performing burials. After living by the market, he pretended to be a merchant. In the end, his mom moved him to a school and he studied

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E10YX TIL Many “Vampire killing kits”, allegedly from the 19th century, are sold in auction houses such as Sotheby’s, for upwards of $12,000. However, their authenticity is debatable as they contain materials that place them as being made in the 1930s or later. There is also no historical basis for them.
OGMAa TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead.
9Y7kM TIL scientists believe there are 380 trillion individual virons inside the average human body
MYja TIL that Johnny Depp’s daughter nearly died from an E.Coli infection and had an extended hospital stay. In order to thank the hospital for taking care of her, Depp dressed up as Jack Sparrow and read stories to kids for four hours.
J165j TIL during his campaign against Don Young, Congressman Nick Begich disappeared in a plane crash 22 days before the general election. Begich managed to win the general election with 56% to Young's 43% but was declared dead on December 29. Young won the Special Election that was held the next year.