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TIL: Vladimir Lenin's body is preserved and on display

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6njJ TIL - Ireland was one of the earliest countries to adopt a system of hereditary surnames (11th century)
N7m7M TIL that cherry seeds contain a chemical called amygdalin, and that eating a cherry seed will introduce a small amount of cyanide into your system, enough of which can kill you.
Xy6R TIL that in Argentina, orangutans are granted human-like rights
N7kNM TIL about the existence of Monkey Tail Beards and that there is a world record for largest gathering of people with them on their faces.
awAP9 TIL a Scottish woman named Maggie dickson, was sentenced to execution by hanging on 2nd sept. 1724, she survived the hanging and climbed out of her coffin as it was being transported. The courts ruled she was a free woman as the punishment had been carried out. Known after as 'half-hangit maggie'.