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TIL Sub-Saharan Africans trace up to 19% of their genetic ancestry to an extinct hominin species that is NOT found in the DNA of present-day Asians or Caucasians.

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9wWrm TIL: National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the oldest civil rights organization in the country. It was found in 1880 and is older than NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
1d08 TIL “God helps those who helps themselves” is commonly quoted from the Bible, but isn’t actually a Bible quote. The idea behind it goes back to Aesop’s time, but the English wording was first used by Algernon Sidney. The phrase’s rise to popularity is thanks to it’s use by Benjamin Franklin.
BgMOb TIL id Software’s first attempt at a first-person shooter game - before Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, or even Catacomb 3-D - was Hovertank 3D, a vehicular combat FPS released for MS-DOS in 1991.
gX9L TIL that there is a Heavy Equipment Playground in Vegas that allows people to “play” with heavy machinery.
1088 TIL The first person to receive a Social Security check,Ida May Fuller, collected $22,889 despite only contributed $25.