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TIL that the first human in history whose name we know is an Iraqi (Sumerian) accountant named Kushim

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eQ9g TIL when Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors & former teammate of Michael Jordan, was in college his dad was assassinated by extremists in Beirut. During a subsequent basketball game opposing fans chanted “your father’s history” while a teary eyed Kerr scored 20 points in the first half.
yLpe TIL that Nepalese eye doctor, Dr. Sanduk Ruit, pioneered a surgical technique that restores eyesight without stitches in 5 minutes and has removed 100,000 cataracts from this procedure on poverty stricken people over his 30 year career.
Vpk8 TIL of a Mets/Yankees minor league game where a switch-handed pitcher AND batter faced off, and the two kept on switching hands so much, it was minutes before a pitch was thrown.
neVEd TIL The number of 9/11 aftermath related deaths is set to outnumber the number that died on the day
epQBb TIL before Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones played guitar and bass for the James Bond theme song "Goldfinger"