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TIL that Nov 28th in the United States is Native American Heritage Day and that an estimated 50 million Native Americans died between 1500-1600, roughly 10% of the world population, resulting in a “little ice-age”

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P1nMe TIL: Paladin Brandis in Fallout 4 is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, cousin of J. Robert Oppenheimer
loKBB TIL regular soap does not kill germs on your skin. It just makes your skin less adhesive so the germs and grime can be washed away.
GRg5 TIL that Ryan Holle is currently serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for lending his car to a friend who committed a murder despite having no other involvement.
9vMm TIL In Finland they have a unit of measurement called the ‘poronkusema’ or reindeer piss. The distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate. It is about 6 miles.
x6kX1 TIL in the 1800s, Mary Toft convinced doctors she gave birth to 17 rabbits by inserting their body parts into her uterus. The bizarre hoax was uncovered, and Toft charged with fraud. Her story, known as "Rabbit Woman of Godalming," has been the subject of literature and art.