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TIL there’s an Association of Dead People in India, protesting after losing their land to relatives who have corrupt officials declare them dead

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gMWW9 TIL of "Jerome of Sandy Cove" an unknown man who washed up on the shore of Nova Scotia September 8 1863. Both his legs were amputated above the knees and he couldn't (or refused to) understand French, Latin, Italian, or Spanish. He died 49 years later and no one ever figured out where he came from.
VM4e4 TIL that there are 3 trillion trees on Earth, which is more trees than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy and cells in the human brain.
woZpE TIL the last Confederate general to surrender in the US Civil War was a Native American named Stand Watie
X0VN6 TIL ice II was discovered in 1900. It is today one of the nineteen known phases of ice.
mxwy TIL that in 1909 the presidential salary was $75,000. Adjusting for inflation, that’s about $1.7 million, or more than four times the current presidential pay of $400,000.