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TIL that there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.

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0dOWv TIL that restaurateur Guy Fieri was born with the last name “Ferry” - but later changed it to “Fieri” in memory of his paternal grandfather, Giuseppe Fieri, an Italian immigrant who had anglicized his surname to Ferry upon arriving in the United States.
16Lm4 TIL that the Chinchorro culture in Northern Chile practiced mummification. The mummies go back 7,000 BC, older than the mummies in Ancient Egypt.
nWwX9 TIL, Neanderthals and Woolly Mammoths Shared Genetic Traits
8eJ1a TIL That prior to 1936, The South African Government Issued Licenses to Hunt Native African Tribesmen.
XGE6 TIL comedian Tom Lehrer once stated: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize”