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TIL Earth's oldest land ecosystem was spotted in South African rock cores

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vP89D TIL that Prince Kuhio’s Royal Charm And Brawling Skills Earned Him Early Admirers In Congress
WkbyN TIL in 1919, marines killed Charlemange Péralte, who led a resistance against the US occupation of Haiti. Troops distributed a photo of his strung-up carcass to discourage rebels, but it backfired. He looked crucified, turning him into an icon & a martyr. He was even put on Haitian coins in the 90s
jN8dM TIL of Connie Culp, a 46-year-old Ohio woman who had been shot in the face by her husband. In 2004, after a 22 hour operation, doctors managed to replace 80% of her face with the face of another woman who had just died. This embarked the first ever successful face transplant in the USA.
16rj7 TIL the Disney movie - ‘A Bug’s Life’ - is actually based on the Aesop Fable ‘The ant and the grasshopper.’
4bj5 TIL about the 1918 public lynching of Mary Turner. Turner (8 months pregnant) was hung upside down and set on fire. While still alive, her abdomen was cut open, causing her child to fall to the ground where she watched the lynch mob stomp him to death.