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TIL that the Greenlandic Inuit worked iron both from meteorites and lava flows that formed native iron metal.

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BdNd TIL that there is a “three generations of punishment” sentence in North Korea. This means a person would be sent to the camp along with that person’s entire family and two subsequent generations of family members would be born in prison and live their entire lives there.
MekVA TIL that the woman who discovered pulsars in the 1970s did not receive credit, and the Nobel prize went to her supervisor instead, a man who had originally dismissed her work.
epZ7E TIL about Truong My Lan, the woman who stole 3% of Vietnam's GDP
GA5v5 TIL Bishop Budde personally brought Matthew Shepard to be interred at the Washington National Cathedral, after finding out his parents couldn’t have a proper funeral for him due to the extreme violence aimed at them after his horrific murder. He is resting at the same location as Hellen Keller.
kgE7 TIL that the Mushroom upgrade sound effect from Super Mario Bros is just a highly-sped up arpeggio similar to the end-of-level celebration theme. (Watch at about 0:57 to 1:08).