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TIL Humans can run down any animal on Earth

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JYV91 TIL that Seattle's Sound Transit renamed its proposed "Red Line" rail because the name evoked "redlining," the historic practice of denying mortgage loans to poor, mostly minority, neighborhoods, which further impoverished them.
eVRL TIL 16 years after the trail of tears ended, the Choctaw Indians donated 170 dollars to relief for The Irish Potato Famine
R5Lm1 TIL Just Blaze said while working with Eminem on an unspecified song off Em's Recovery album, he told Em that he's drifting off subject in the 2nd verse & his flow was off in the 3rd. Em said didn't hear it. JB thought he blew it until hours later, Em agreed & said after 30 spins he heard it too.
ElgX TIL a 2006 trial of an autoimmune drug that was found to be safe in mice, caused human volunteers fingers and toes to die within minutes of taking it and left them with multiple organ failures.
M7NVb TIL that Irish bagpipes are a thing and are distinctly different to Scottish bagpipes (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)