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TIL that smaller craters on Mars are named after towns with a population of less than 10,000.

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VBvaG TIL that after being sentenced to death, British serial killer Amelia Dyer was subpoenaed as witness at a trial scheduled a week after her execution. However, Dyer was ruled legally dead once sentenced, the subpoena of a legally dead witness was dismissed and there was no stay of execution.
Eg9nP TIL: Slaves made up 65% of South Carolina's population in 1720.
xrdk TIL there us no safe amount of lead exposure at all; the body thinks it’s calcium, so it goes wherever calcium would. It doesn’t get filtered out - it just accumulates.
QRRE TIL Ben Folds showed up to a jury recital at University of Miami’s music school with a broken hand from defending his roommate from bullies the night before, but was required to play anyway. He ended up losing his scholarship and in desperation threw his drum kit into his campus’ lake.
0w9kj TIL that on June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson when Wilson gave Dr. Bob a beer to steady his hands before an operation he was to perform, and they promised to help each other remain sober and to work with others to do the same.