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TIL about a platform that provides an interactive map for Indigenous lands that changed and improved the way I view the backstory of countries and people. The map includes indigenous territories, languages, and treaties in different areas around the world.

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X0D7P TIL of the Spartathlon, a 246 kilometer race between Athens and modern-day Sparta. It is based on the run of Pheidippides, who in 490 BC ran from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians.
D1vEe TIL Agatha Christie essentially invented the standard modern crime fiction formula that most TV shows follow: A murder is committed, multiple suspects (all concealing secrets), the detective gradually uncovers the secrets, discovering the most shocking twists towards the end and solving the crime.
VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
g6N7 TIL that Lee County, Alabama sheriff’s office told people who had fallen behind on child support that they had won tickets to the Alabama/Auburn football game. Then arrested them when they came to collect their free tickets.
VMPKD TIL that former Dunkin' Donuts spokesman Fred the Baker (played by actor Michael Vale) was so beloved by the public that he was given an official retirement including a parade in Boston and free donuts for six million people.