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TIL about "Benjaman Kyle," a man who was found outside a Burger King in Georgia with no identification nor memory of who he was. It took him nearly 11 years to finally discover who he really was.

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8ndZ TIL that the “coastline paradox” makes measuring around bodies of water and coastlines mathematically impossible.
16ogd TIL that Spain had a theocratic guardianship system akin to Saudi Arabia's until 1985, granting men near-total control over their wives and daughters. Women needed their guardian's consent to open a bank account, work, or drive, and men could legally kill their female partners for extramarital sex.
mJox TIL There’s a bar in Ireland that opened in the year 900 A.D. and is still operational. It’s named “Sean’s Bar”
g9wA TIL Robert Damiens, who tried to kill Louis XV, had his hand burned with sulphur. Molten wax, molten lead, and boiling oil were poured into him. Then he was partially dismembered by harnessed horses and the executioner completed it with an axe. Then his still-living torso was burnt at the stake.
wory1 TIL - Catfish (Siluriformes) are the vertebrate order with the largest number of venomous species