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TIL camels first evolved in North America and camel fossile remains have been found in the arctic.

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a8rv0 TIL Dogecoin has a lunar mission planned for February 2024
5YZBR TIL that the first black woman to travel to space was Mae Jemison, who was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. She later appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", making her the first person to have been on Star Trek and in space IRL.
lA8K TIL Derreck Kayongo collected barely-used bars of soap from hotels, melted them together, and distributed them to poor countries. He’s the founder of the Global Soap Project, which improves access to basic sanitation and reduces disease and child mortality.
16a74 TIL of Stephan Bibrowski, better known as Lionel the lion-faced man due to the 8 inch long hair that covered his entire face. Stephan's mother gave him away at the age of 4 as she had witnessed a lion mauling her husband while she was pregnant with Stephan, and thus viewed him as an abomination.
6D9l TIL that there is 2.5 million of Zero Rupee bank notes in India. They are “paid” in protest by angry citizens to government functionaries who solicit bribes