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TIL in 1989, the Guinness Book of World Records listed among the people with the highest IQs someone named Keith Raniere, an American cult leader who, in 2020, was sentenced to 120 years in prison.

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j6wmn TIL that Neil Harbisson — an artist born with complete color-blindness — became the world's first "cyborg" after he got an antenna implanted in his head that translates different wavelengths of light into vibrations on his skull, which he then perceives as sound.
kONBd TIL that Malta has a total of 359 churches, nearly one for every day of the year. With an area of only 316 square kilometres, the country's "church density" is slightly more than 1 church per square kilometre. It's difficult to get lost in Malta because a church will lead you to its village centre.
ea5b TIL Epicurus, the father of hedonism, died from a painful urinary blockage. On his deathbed he still declared that he was happy because his “philosophical recollections counterbalances all these afflictions”
loZ4a TIL that the first free black community in the New World, Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, was created by the Spanish government of St Augustine, Florida, in 1738. They began to offer asylum as early as 1687 to slaves of the British colonies, and often fought the British alongside each other.
gMLPL TIL that globally, 80% of children in orphanages are not orphans. They’re trafficked as “paper orphans” to bogus orphanages as a way to attract donations.