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TIL use of asbestos dates back at least 4500 years ago

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VBA7B TIL that one of the main perpetrators of the Putumayo genocide escaped justice and continued to exploit the same tribes. Before the Putumayo border change in 1933, Miguel S. Loayza forced the migration of 6,719 natives in to Peru. More than half of them died. Loayza survived into his nineties.
rdnx TIL that you would not die instantly if you were exposed in space. Scientists estimate that a human being can survive 15-30 seconds in open space (X-post r/TheBestLists)
E1yl0 TIL the Presidential Physical Fitness Test was phased out in 2012
Qee9 TIL typographers use Ink Traps, to avoid excess ink usage and get clearer printing at small sizes.
x6Bj0 TIL Little Richard intended his album "Southern Child" to be released in 1972 but for reasons that remain hazy, it didn't come out until 2005