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TIL Americas first public crucifixion will take place tomorrow

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vPPWD TIL Our Sun can make a total of 80 different elements: helium and then everything from carbon through polonium, but nothing heavier. For that, you need a supernova or a neutron star collision. Of all the types of naturally occurring elements here on Earth, the Sun can make about 90% of them.
a9y9 TIL 50 years ago a young girl died in the canals surrounding an uninhabited island in Xochimilco, Mexico. Ever since, dolls have been washed ashore, and the few natives hang them in memory of the young girl. The island is known as “Island of the Dolls”
e096D TIL The Golden State Killer was found after one of his cousins took a DNA test similar to 23 and Me
mxneY TIL Max Schmeling, world heavyweight champion associated with Nazi Germany, risked his life to save two Jewish children in 1938. Later in life, he financially assisted his one-time bitter rival Joe Louis. The Rocky/Ivan Drago match was based on Schmeling and Louis' fight, but updated for Cold War.
VM6Nk TIL Heroin became popular among american soldiers during the Vietnam war because it was easier to take secretly than marijuana.