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TIL Riding “shotgun” means sitting in the position of the guard of a stagecoach

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0w1bN TIL that Bouchard a tug boat company, hasn't paid their employees since the beginning of the year, and since some of the vessels are at anchor the USCG won't let the mariners leave. They are stuck at work, and not being paid.
wLg8P TIL during the 2019 Mozambique peace-accord signings, Sid Meier's Civilization IV's theme song, Baba Yetu, was played in the background.
DvrV TIL Dogs are the only non-primate species that seeks to make eye contact with humans
xMpk TIL a group of Scientists have discovered that cheese contains a protein that the human body recognizes in a fashion similar to addictive drugs, called “casomorphins,” or “casein-derived morphine-like compounds,” prompting one researcher to refer to cheese as “dairy crack.”
a8rWM TIL: The first and last fatalities of building the Hoover Dam were a father and his son. They died on the same day, 14 years apart.