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TIL about the Milford massacre. 52 European settlers of Milford, MN were killed in 1 day by a band of Dakota Sioux.

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4GGa TIL A “Sherpa” isnt a porter on mountain-climbing expedition but an ethnic group living mostly in Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. Sherpas all have the surname “Sherpa”. The name was mistakenly given to them by Nepalese census takers who didn’t realize that last names are not a part of Sherpa culture.
LkJgr TIL that the highest rates of suicide are not in Winter but instead in Spring/early Summer and are linked to inflamation caused by allergies.
w4xo TIL that Astronaut John Glenn became the oldest person in space at 77 after “lobbying NASA for two years to fly as a human guinea pig for geriatric studies”.
KOleG TIL all human males' paternal ancestor (their father's father's father...) converge on a single man who lived around 200 thousand years ago. The most divergent lineages are found in tribes in Cameroon, suggesting the man lived around there
OoP41 TIL that having power actually reduces a person's ability to empathize neurologically. When given power, a person's ability to adapt their behavior to the behaviors of other people diminishes, which explains why people are often mean to their subordinates.