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TIL of golfer Margaret Abbott, the first American woman to win an Olympic event. Rather than receiving a gold medal, she won a porcelain bowl, as was customary at the time

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OoDe7 TIL that based on geological definitions of a continent, the Earth actually has a lost eighth continent, known as Zealandia. Most of this continent is submerged beneath the sea, while a tiny sliver, including New Zealand, is above the water.
ypxv TIL there is a city named White Settlement in Texas in which voters rejected a name change to West Settlement 2,388 to 219 in 2005. Its mayors name? Ronald A. White
l7RyN TIL that Billy the Kid was promised a pardon for his crimes if he testified for a murder he witnessed. A pardon that was eventually denied in 2010.
AQRg TIL James Jameson, heir to Jameson whiskey, explored Africa in 1888, where he bought an 11-year-old girl and gave her to Congolese cannibals to sketch how they ate her
Raea TIL Uganda has an Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce due to the amount of people being killed by witch-doctors