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TIL that the skeletor from he-man was inspired by a real life corpse that scared his creator as a child

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9Y4E7 TIL Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected. Stone tools and other artifacts found in Idaho hint that the First Americans lived here 16,000 years ago — long before an overland path to the continent existed. It’s more evidence humans arrived via a coastal route.
egY6 TIL that a man tried to cash a cheque he got in some junk mail for $95,000 and the bank did it!
W7XpY TIL in the 19th century and before, there exists a Long s character that sometimes designated the presence of 2 s's in a row. It appears in the Bill of Rights.
pBap TIL for every person on earth, there is 62 LEGO pieces.
4XvoR TIL about Nüshu, a woman-only Chinese script. Woman used it to write letters, poetry, and even autobiographies. Due to men being unable to read it, woman who knew Nüshu arguably had far more intellectual freedom.