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TIL, Australia was not a paradise for women and children pre-colonialism. Absolutely heartbreaking article.

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oR9QY TIL that there has been a pope with Jewish ancestry other than St.Peter - Pope Evaristus was a Judean with patrilineal Jewish ancestry from 99AD to 107AD
R7DXw TIL that AMBER Alert, which now stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, was originally named after Amber Hagerman, a nine year old girl from Texas who was abducted and murdered in 1966.
Zp7xv TIL the 1996 Action movie 'The Rock' starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery is the only Michael Bay-directed film to be ‘certified fresh’ on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 66% fresh rating
odLK TIL the show Unsolved Mysteries actually solved 360 mysteries.
GYvlQ TIL the phrase ‘Drop you a Line’ refers to a sending very short letter: a row of written text is the the singular ‘line’, delivered through a letter ‘dropped’ in a mailbox