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TIL of Bartolomé de las Casas, a 16th century Spanish priest who, in order to alleviate the suffering of Indigenous slaves in Spanish America, advocated using African and European slaves for at least most of the labor involved.

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E1850 TIL Of Alfred Kroeber who studied a man he named Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe who walked into the modern world in 1911. In Ishi's culture, knowing ones name gives you power over them, so Ishi just means Man. This idea of magic in naming things influenced Kroeber's daughter Ursula Le Guin.
dDrD8 TIL an explosion at a gas station, along with a car catching on fire, started after a woman went to grab a fuel pump that was fueling her car. Because of incidents like this, it is recommended that people ground static electricity buildup by touching another metal object before pumping fuel.
oBnVK TIL that Finland was the first nation in the world that implemented universal suffrage (in 1906) and allowed all adult citizens to run for office, regardless of sex or race, and thus was the first true democracy in the world. The following year, the first female MPs in world history were elected.
9wLgp TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour
LjVm TIL of the lost film “Saved from the Titanic” released in 1912 just 29 days after the sinking of the Titanic, which starred an actress who was an actual survivor. It was her last film as she suffered a mental breakdown after filming it.