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TIL that in many counties, the coroner is the only law enforcement officer who has the authority to arrest the county sheriff, part of why county coroner is an elected position.

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AlEl TIL the Roman poet Virgil kept a pet housefly, and upon it’s death, he held an extremely extravagant funeral for it. He even built it a mausoleum.
yVGa TIL Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario, Zelda, Star Fox etc) doesn’t like Donkey Kong Country, claiming it “proves that gamers will be willing to play a mediocre game if it has good graphics”.
epP7k TIL: heart disease was fairly uncommon until the 20th century. It is now the leading cause of death. The cause of the increase was smoking and diet
mxvvR TIL Camels originated in North America. About 3 - 7 million years ago, they migrated over the Bering Strait to Asia. They also migrated to South America and became Alpacas and Llamas. Around the last ice age, they went extinct in North America.
rR8y1 TIL On Nov. 10, 1898, a mob descended on the offices of The Daily Record, a Black-owned newspaper in Wilmington, N.C. Armed men then moved into the streets and opened fire on Black men. The number of people who died ranges from about 60 to as many as 250, according to some estimates.