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TIL: The villains in the first Sherlock Holmes (1887) story were a group of Mormons

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Rl41 TIL A few years ago, scientists in Indonesia discovered a new species of human that lived only 12,000 years ago, which would have been contemporary with modern humans, which stood only three feet tall.
GyV1 TIL: One of the 57 people killed in the 1980 Mt St. Helens explosion was an 83 year old lodge owner named Harry Truman. Just before the 1980 eruption he said ’“If the mountain goes, I’m going with it” He and his 16 cats are presumed to have died in the eruption.
QNkP6 TIL that the world famous Krabby Patty is actually a veggie burger
yX7l TIL that you have to report illegally earned money to the IRS. Illegally earned money reported to the IRS is protected under the 5th amendment.
6EXlJ TIL hippos don't swim. They charge through the water, always maintaining some contact with the riverbed or lakebed, using their feet to bounce off the bottom to propel themselves forward.