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TIL J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity

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7R7M TIL that Vincent Chin was beat to death with a baseball bat by two disgruntled Detroit Auto-workers on June 23, 1989. They served no jail-time and only paid a fine of $3000. Because of this, Vincent Chin’s murder is often considered the beginning the Asian American movement for civil rights.
b9Kn4 TIL that a large alliance of Native American tribes, the Timucua, consisted of over 200,000 people spread across 35 chiefdoms. They were probably the first Natives Ponce de Leon met in Florida. The nation was wiped out before 1800 and all evidence of religious items and art were burned by explorers.
0dZ8R TIL about Cura Annonae, an Ancient Roman system of free or subsidized food for Roman citizens
J9aB TIL Forgetting Is Key To A Healthy Mind: Letting go of memories supports a sound state of mind, a sharp intellect–and superior recall
Gobj TIL that New York imprisons more people per capita than Rwanda, where tens of thousands are awaiting trial for their role in the 1994 genocide there