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TIL: A genetic study, published in 2020, revealed Tutankhamun had the haplogroups YDNA R1b, which originated in western Asia and which today makes up 50–60% of the genetic pool of modern Europeans

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v1oMR TIL about the Montreal experiments at McGill University (1957-1964) by psychiatrist Donald Cameron and funded by the CIA. The patients, mainly diagnosed with depression & schizophrenia, expected positive changes but instead suffered severely under conditions not in accordance with human rights.
R1A9 TIL The Red Cross raised half a billion dollars for Haiti and only built 6 homes
4XOGb TIL A 60-year-old man attempted to invoke the ancient rite of trial by combat instead of paying a minor motoring fine
X0O7j TIL a coal power plant gives off at least ten times more radiation than a nuclear power plant due to the elements in the ash.
OoeZX TIL in 1981, short on money and time, a Nebraskan family organised 344 volunteers to physically lift a 17,000 pound barn and shift it to higher ground.