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TIL that Nelson Mandela’s daughter has been ordered to pay boxing promoter $7.5m after failing to stage Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight

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Rx44 TIL the Carolina Dog is a breed that was discovered living wild in the Southeast in the 1970’s, and after extensive DNA testing they are believed to be the descendant of the first animals to accompany humans across the Bering land bridge to North America thousands of years ago.
r6vx TIL there is evidence of soldering in Mesopotamia
lo6L5 TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
Pe6n TIL that Switzerland has enough fallout shelters for 114% of its population
nexAo TIL that the band Queen were friends with Michael Jackson; he was the one who suggested they release "Another One Bites the Dust" as a single.