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TIL That Jack Black’s mother helped with the Hubble space telescope.

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J1YVm TIL of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, who were Sherman's personal escort on his March to the Sea. They were a unit comprised entirely of Southerners who remained loyal to the Union.
KYXOw TIL that literally, humans cannot perform autopsies on other species. Autopsies are performed by humans on humans. "Necropsies" are performed by humans on other species.
Z0JQ TIL there have been more Chinese slaves than African slaves