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TIL it would actually take 5 minutes of inhaling an item soaked in chloroform to render a person unconscious

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69Dvw TIL that Pocahontas's real name was Matoax. Her tribe carefully concealed from the English her real name, changing it to Pocahontas, "out of a superstitious fear, lest they, by the knowledge of her true name, should be enabled to do her some hurt"
mxNZP TIL that a son posthumously inducted his father into the Baseball Hall of Fame by leaving a photo of him underneath a display at the museum. 6 years later it was found by a staff member. After identifying the man in the photo the museum framed the photo and is now on display near where it was found.
VM768 TIL that a coal fire has been burning in a mine in Centralia, Pennsylvania for over fifty years and that, if left uncontrolled, could burn for at least another century.
JeaQ TIL a California girl sued the Boy Scouts of America after they wouldn’t let her join because of her gender. She lost.
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