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TIL there are now twice as many people enslaved in the world as there were in the 350 years of the transatlantic slave trade.

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awpRZ TIL that Christopher Columbus is considered to be the one that brought syphilis to Europe from the Americas in 1493
aAKN TIL: There is a method being tested to allow female same-sex couples to have children that are 100% biologically “theirs”.
AeNw TIL couples who spend more money on a wedding are more likely to divorce than couples who hold cheaper weddings
eYBn TIL a crow succeeded in a cognitive test that stumped most 4-5 year old children, indicating their intelligence may even outshine that of apes
Z8PxB TIL that Whitesnake’s monster hit from 1987 “Here I Go Again” is a remake of a 1982 Whitesnake song