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TIL that in 2024, roughly 170,790 people died each day across the globe

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b6rb9 TIL that in the work, An Instinct for Dragons, an anthropologist argues that the universality of dragons across human societies is due to evolutionary reasons, with common primate predators being merged into a hybrid monster.
9Zar TIL of Prophet Muhammad’s Last Sermon where he stated “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action.”
6EwOY TIL The Republic of Cospaia had no rulers, no judiciary, and no written laws. After 385 years of freedom, the republic's existence was ended by the Pope in 1826. As compensation, each citizen of Cospaia received a silver coin.
5YJ9r TIL that Abraham Lincoln, at 32, fell into a depression so profound that his friends feared he might kill himself, because of the injustice he felt he had done to his wife by having a love affaire with another woman. Lincoln: "I am now the most miserable man living. ... I must die or be be better"
OaQ1 TIL that the deep diving submarine Alvin was attacked by a swordfish at 2000 feet below the surface. It became trapped in the Alvin’s skin, which was forced to quickly surface. The swordfish was then detached and eaten for dinner.