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TIL After his execution, the skin of slave-rebellion leader Nat Turner was turned into souvenir purses

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awORM TIL that workers on Antarctica are starting to develop an accent. The way the Antarctic “winterers” are together for several months is similar to a colonial settlement: there's no access to/from Antarctica in winter and they're in regular (spoken) contact with each other.
JYYGl As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.
D1Lj TIL that there’s a species of tiny little spidery things that live inside the lungs of bees.
e0gO5 TIL No living things in the natural world are known to have evolved wheels to move around. Some move around by rolling, but there are some biological barriers to developing wheels.
GA71N TIL in July 2014, former military leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega, filed a lawsuit against Activision for allegedly portraying him in Call of Duty: Black Ops II for depicting him and using his name without his consent. The lawsuit was dismissed on October 28, 2014.