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TIL Idris Elba is a DJ

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rPky TIL People knew that the Earth was round since the Ancient Greeks, and Columbus found difficulty getting funding because of the legitimate concern that Asia was too far away.
BgBmk Til that only three objects have ever been recovered from inside the great pyramid
l70N7 TIL Senator Henry G. Davis was the 1904 Democratic vice presidential nominee mainly because the party expected him to contribute money to the campaign, he didn't.
l7g47 TIL A woman donated her kidney to her boss and got fired for taking too long to recover.
ne8K9 TIL about the Irish bank strikes. About a year in total, economists predicted a massive economic catastrophe; however, "The effect on the Irish economy was surprisingly small, as Irish citizens traded cheques among themselves based on mutual trust, effectively substituting them for cash."