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TIL: former LDS president Gordon B. Hinckley had a homosexual and prostitution sex scandal that made National news in the 1990’s

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ne7a7 TIL camels originated in North America some 45 million years ago, and roamed as far north as the Arctic. 3-5 million years ago, they crossed the Bering land bridge to Eurasia and eventually migrated south. They also ambled down to South America, where they evolved into llamas and alpacas.
QNPgk TIL the Unabomer, Ted Kaczynski, randomly chose his victims from library research.
OGedg TIL in 1967, a documentary filmmaker was shot and killed while filming a miner in Kentucky by the owner of the rented house where the miner lived. The killing was motivated by the growing resentment of journalists who descended upon Appalachia to document living conditions during the War on Poverty.
xV0GB TIL that the Catholic Church runs 26% of the world’s hospitals
4kV5b TIL about the Nyckelharpa, the national musical instrument of Sweden. It is a string instrument with keys which, when depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string. Dating back to c. 1350, it was recently used by composer Natalie Holt for the background score of the series Loki.