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TIL the cities of Chicago and Washington D.C. have curfews prohibiting anyone under 18 years to be outside after 10-12 PM.

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6EZKY TIL about Bud Fowler, the first Black professional baseball player. He has now been inducted into the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame.
5YJgn TIL a mere 12,000 years ago, a species closely related to the modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and stone tools of the sophisticated upper paleolithic tradition, yet were only about 3.5 feet tall and weighed around 25kg (55lb).
DQ7dj TIL There is an ancient Chinese notation for playing guqin zither. Each note is written in abbreviated Chinese characters, with symbols telling you which fingers, location on instrument, and plucking techniques to use
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