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TIL All of Earth’s mineable gold came from meteorites, since the Earth’s original gold was all pulled into the core

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Br1Ab TIL that 237 black sharecroppers in Arkansas were murdered by a mob of white WW1 vets in 1919 because they tried to unionize.
nW49b TIL of hemiplegic migraines. A rare type of migraine that has symptoms similar to a stroke.
wnAW TIL an orangutan named Chantek was raised as a human child. He mastered sign language and understands the value and use of money and work, choosing to spend his earnt ‘money’ on his favourite fast food, hamburgers.
BjQk TIL that an unborn horse has a rubbery covering over its hooves to protect its mother from being harmed during gestation and birth. They fall off almost immediately as the foal tries to stand.
E1n6W TIL honey made from poisonous flowers was used to defeat an invading Roman army in 67 B.C.