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TIL In the 1700's, Ex-Slave Tom Molineaux Literally Fought his Way to Freedom, Becoming America's First International Boxing Superstar

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WWdN TIL there is a town in Alaska which has 220 residents who live in the same 14 story building which includes a school, hospital grocery store and a church.
R5rw9 TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated that he actually discovered gorillas. Gorillas were named after his name for the tribe.
XENl8 TIL the classic Kong dog toy was created after an auto-repair shop owner's dog kept chewing a VW Bus suspension part
lol4r TIL that a treatment for rheumatism used to be to sit in the belly of a decomposing whale for 30 hours.
6ro8 TIL Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs after being commissioned by Mark Twain. After his presidency, Grant had lost all his savings to a shady investment partner, leaving his family nearly destitute. Grant died days after finishing, but sold over 300,000 copies and earned his family over $450,000.