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TIL The South African colonial government used to issue licenses for people to hunt The hunter-gatherer San people, with the last one being reportedly issued in Namibia in 1936

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d87Br TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote a real person into The Goblet of Fire. The girl was named Natalie McDonald, a Harry Potter fan who was dying of leukaemia while Rowling was still writing the book. Her character is a first-year who dons the sorting hat and is sorted into Griffindor.
rLAo TIL In 1980 a Centaur skeleton was assembled using the remains of a human and Shetland pony, then displayed as a real artifact in order to challenge student skepticism
DQDRV TIL that Galileo's middle finger is considered a secular relic.
4X9lR TIL in 1994 Jim Carrey starred in Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
kOn81 TIL that during the 18th century rich people used to pay people to be "hermits" in their gardens