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TIL about George McJunkin, a former slave and self educated geologist, who discovered the remains of an ancient bison that had been killed by humans in New Mexico. This discovery is the basis for our current timeline of when humans migrated to the Americas.

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YjXr TIL A woman collapsed and lay on the floor of a hospital E.R for 45 minutes as hospital staff ignored her. A janitor mopped the floor around her as she vomited blood. She was then arrested by police for causing a disturbance and died on the stretcher.
R5RMj TIL That while opposing candidate Milton Shapp, The Philadelphia Inquirer had a reporter ask if he had ever been admitted to a mental hospital, to which he replied “No.” The next day they ran the headline “Shapp Denies Mental Institution Stay”. His subsequent loss is attributed to the article.
x6E4w TIL About Cape Malays in South Africa. The descendants of enslaved and free Muslims from different parts of the world, specifically Indonesia (known then as the Dutch East Indies) and other SE Asian countries, who lived at the Cape during Dutch and British rule. There are 176,000 remaining.
LAJP TIL that more than four billion years ago Earth was hit by several objects larger than 600 miles that could vaporize the oceans and sterilize the surface yet bacterial life survived deep underground and each time recolonized the planet.
NvkJ TIL in order for Coca-Cola to continue to exist, the company had to receive a special exception from the Drug Enforcement Agency to allow them to import coca leaves from Peru and Bolivia in huge amounts. In return, the cocaine in the leaves has to be extracted only to be used to create anesthesia.