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TIL The word faggot became used as a derogatory term in all-male boarding schools where younger students carried bundles of sticks for older students fireplaces.

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5r8p TIL An artist carved a black violin (Blackbird) from his grandfather’s headstone (diabase), and used mammoth ivory for the bridge, gold leaf for the interior, Harjedalan (black) rock for the back plate, and ebony for the rest. It took him 2 years to make and weighs 2 kilograms.
M7JRV TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.
a8xe9 TIL that the King of Malaysia is elected by a special council called the Conference of Rulers
GAkK5 TIL what would happen if you were born blind then got vision later in life.
1dBW TIL Numerous fossil bones indicate some populations of H. heidelbergensis were “giants” routinely over 2.13 m (7 ft) tall and inhabited South Africa between 500,000 and 300,000 years ago.