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TIL Roman Fathers Could Sell Their Kids Into Slavery – But Only Three Times

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N78de TIL the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama was one of the first high-profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first to settle in the United States. He led three long walks for Tibetan independence, including a 600-mile walk from Toronto to New York City
JJ58 TIL that a scientist once wore glasses with flipped lenses so everything was upside down. After a while, his brain flipped the image so he could see normally again. However, when he took the glasses off, he’s brain continued doing this and his normal vision remained flipped.
W7rGX TIL that out of 1,231 societies studied in the Ethnographic Atlas, only 186 were strictly monogamous (one partner for life), while 588 often practiced polygyny (men had multiple wives), and 453 did so occasionally. Historically, having more than one wife was far more common than monogamy.
Wwv9 TIL that Jerry Springer does not know what the subject of each episode of his show will be. They bring out the guest and he finds out why they are there by asking questions.
Y7QN7 TIL that, while under control of the Russian Empire, the city of Sitka, Alaska was named New Archangel after the original fort built there called Fort of Archangel Michael.