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TIL Friction ridge skin impressions (fingerprints) were used as proof of a person’s identity in China over 2000yrs ago.

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QNej6 TIL of Fordlândia, Henry Ford's failed rubber utopia in the Amazon jungle. In the 1920s, the colony was home to hundreds of workers living a mandatory alcohol-free "healthy lifestyle," including square-dances, poetry readings, and golf, but ended up totally abandoned after riots and crop failure.
nWVQP TIL Florence, Kentucky is the site of a water tower that previously advertised the town's mall, but was later changed to read "FLORENCE Y'ALL"
VDQD TIL That by using DNA, the Giant Panda which is often called a bear but has long been considered to belong to the racoon family, has been officialy placed in the Ursidae category with the 7 other Bear species.
KyRw TIL Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club was initially published as a 7-page short story – which exists as chapter 6 in the eventual novel.
d8paZ TIL that Earth And Venus Form a Stunning Pentagrammic Pattern in Space