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TIL that the first-ever internet meme was the Dancing Baby in 1996

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R79Va TIL drug traffickers launder funds from the US to Mexico largely through fashion wholesalers based in the fashion district of downtown Los Angeles.
nWrKb TIL Henry VIII got catfished by a painting of Anne of Cleves
LkaZP TIL homophily describes the tendency of people to associate with those who look like them and have similar backgrounds. It is also related to assortative mating, the pattern of people (and other species) mating with those who look like them.
R7OO8 TIL the US Army acquired 75 camels from abroad after Congress appropriated $30,000 in 1855 for the procurement of camels for military purposes. The camels were determined to be well suited for hauling supplies between military outposts in arid regions. They were subsequently all auctioned off.
oZ7 TIL that the 2012 Doomsday prediction is wrong; another Mayan calendar was found, which extends some 7,000 years into the future