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TIL: More than 4,000 Swedes have inserted microchips into their hands to store emergency contact details, social media profiles or e-tickets for events and rail journeys

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yQ6Ka TIL the elite schools of the Aztec Empire, where you studied subjects such as medicine, astronomy, engineering, theology, and law were called "Houses of Tears" due to incredibly high standards and chores placed on students
pLdO TIL according to odds its more likely to give birth to 13 boys in a row than it is to have triplets.
4WKa TIL Rasputin was once a faith healer called upon to heal the Tsarevich of Russia, who was dying due to complications from hemophilia. Rasputin simply sent a telegram stating that the Tsarevich would not die. The Tsarevich recovered and Rasputin took the credit.
p8wdb TIL About the battle of Shipka Pass, in which 5,500 Bulgarian volunteers and 2,500 Russian Soldiers defended against a 40,000 strong Ottoman army and successfully held their position.
16MO7 TIL during the Middle Ages, two-phase or 'biphasic' sleep is a common practice; a first sleep and second sleep with a period of wakefulness in between (known as "the watch") where people do chores, have sex, pray, and socialise.