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TIL that a 59-year-old man entered a hospital complaining of chest pains, and was found to have a three-chambered reptilian heart, as opposed to a four-chambered mammalian one.

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j6jmN TIL that there is a island in east Africa about half the size of a soccer field that houses about 500 full time residents. The island even has its own pharmacy, bars, and cafes.
rRXye TIL that the US also had concentration camps like germany during WW2 for Japanese Americans and so called Aleuts. They were forced to live in barely humane conditions in cramped shacks without plumbing or cooking facilities, while they also burned down some of the villages of the imprisioned.
xVZE7 TIL the Last Blockbuster store is now on Airbnb for 90s themed sleepovers.
6E7nZ TIL 250 Union soldiers surrendered to the Confederates, enlisted in the Confederate Army while held as POWS, were recaptured by the Union Army, and then re-enlisted as Union soldiers. They were called Galvanized Yankees.
XP9P TIL a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas. It sold for over $63,000