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TIL that most Native Americans died because of Eurasian Germs like Smallpox, not because of European military success in the New World

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rNKMo TIL that heart strings can sometimes break after a deep emotional trauma causing the heart to lose form as a result be unable to pump blood effectively, you can literally die from broken heart.
69ELX TIL After being left out of a 1954 reboot of their character, Captain America, comic artist Jack Kirby and writer Joe Simon created a near identical superhero, "Fighting American," to battle communists.
5YLJk TIL Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-61-A in 1985 carried 8 people into space from launch to landing, making it the record for the largest crew flown on a single mission
9ljG TIL Susan Rice persuaded Bill Clinton to not take Osama Bin Laden into custody in 1997.
M5QA TIL Hawaii uses the Union Jack in its state flag. It was never a British territory.