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TIL that the town where Michelangelo was born was called Caprese

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16Xvd TIL that the word GORILLA is linked to "extreme hairy (African) woman" in Ancient times: 500 BC - Hanno the Navigagators translators told him those are "GORILLAI"... read by yourself
7rOMr TIL about Muchu Chhish, a mountain in Pakistan that is so remote and difficult that even if there are no restrictions to climb it, no one has ever reached its summit
lEl7 TIL that the average American woman weighs too much to use birth control effectively.
AN7ao TIL that in 1942, Nazi Germany was patrolling off the North Carolina coast, and a British ship was sunk defending the NC coast.
wVG6 TIL that in 1746, Jean-Antoine Nollet crudely estimated the speed of electricity by shocking a mile of monks