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TIL before the reintroduction of the horse to North America indigenous people of the great plains would use dog pulled travois to transport goods

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woV58 TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.
DG7g TIL Snoop Dogg has been nominated for 17 Grammys but has NEVER won
ANO97 TIL that Saudi Arabia won the World Cup for the mentally disabled 4x in a row
woYN7 TIL: my rear ends’ circumference is the length of 9/10ths of Danny Devito
OokD1 TIL The Apollo 10 crew tested the procedures for the Apollo 11 mission, including a descent in the Lunar Module. However, NASA reduced the amount of fuel in the lander to keep the two astronauts from being tempted to stray from their mission and steal the first moon landing.