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TIL Humans are all born with 2 innate fears, falling and loud sounds.

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yV8gw TIL Mary de Bohun was a 14th Century English heiress. To protect an inheritance, her brother-in-law tried to make her a nun. Instead, in a secret plot, she married the future King Henry IV at age 11 and gave birth to six children. She died in childbirth at age 26.
YPXG TIL that Typhoon Longwang was was the deadliest tropical cyclone to impact China during the 2005 Pacific typhoon season, also its name makes me laugh.
xJOk TIL the last man to be executed by firing squad in the USA asked for a bulletproof vest as his last wish
epBkb TIL the ice cream truck jingle most Americans grew up with was used in minstrel shows, so RZA (of Wu-Tang Clan) created a new, publicly-available ice cream jingle
wv8E TIL of Scotty Phillip, remembered as the “Man who saved the Buffalo”. A South Dakota rancher credited with bringing back Buffalo from the brink of extinction.