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TIL the Spanish word for junk mail is “la propaganda.”

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jNlEv TIL that there is an alive 'castrato'. Javier Medina was chemically castrated due to leukemia at the age of 8 years, later in life he began his musical formation in choirs becoming the first castrato the the world has heard in almost a century.
yVOY8 TIL that the myth that vitamin C cures/reduces colds was started by aging two time Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling, as he was convinced taking large doses of the vitamin would make him live longer and could even cure cancer
D1gXr TIL: Chris Farley was Originally The Voice of Shrek and had recorded 85% of his lines before he passed away.
kOyV1 TIL Even after being falsely prosecuted in the Dreyfus Affair Alfred Dreyfus returned to the French army and fought in World War One. Dreyfus fought at the Battle of Verdun and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel.
RaZ9 TIL that a man once wrestled a bear, had his leg mutilated, was left for dead, woke up, set the wound on his own, and crawled over 200 miles for six weeks back to his home town, and then set out to find the men who left him to die