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TIL For decades sideshow performers showcased a real deceased man in their show "The Outlaw Who Would Never Be Captured Alive". The man in question was killed in a shootout in 1911. He was displayed in this show until 1976 when he was rediscovered, and finally laid to rest in 1977.

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6OyZ TIL it would take about 3000 years to send a message and hear a reply if SETI discovered intelligent life at KIC 8462852.
xVmno TIL the Plasma Economy, in which poor Chinese farmers were paid for plasma extractions from 1991-1995, attracted 3 million donors, 40% of whom contracted HIV due to low health and safety standards.
bX8p TIL that it was illegal for women of Paris to wear pants, till Feb/2013, when France lifted the 200 year old ban
b9yeN TIL Hubei has the largest primary forests remaining in Central China and provides habitat for many rare animal species, such as the Chinese Giant Salamander, the Golden or Sichuan Snub-nosed Monkey, and the Asian Black Bear. From 1884 to 1889 more than 500 new species were recorded from the area
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