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TIL that there is flood story that predates Noah’s Ark.

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kJ6Vg TIL Tina Fey got her chin scar at age 5 when a stranger randomly entered her yard while she was playing and slashed her face
16VR8 TIL Amidst the sinking of the RMS Titanic, some passengers refused to evacuate, convinced that staying onboard was safer than the small lifeboats. However, Chief baker Charles Joughin intervened, forcefully guiding hesitant passengers onto the deck and into the lifeboats for their own well-being.
QNdA9 TIL That the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford played a crucial role in the start of the American Civil War four years later.
6Ee4X TIL that at a time when Saudi women were not allowed to drive, Queen Elizabeth II (an avid driver) took King Abdullah for a ride in the royal Land Rover at her Balmoral estate, driving so fast that he implored his translator to tell her to slow down and concentrate on the road.
loeoa TIL that in 1996 the boxing career of former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison ended when he tested positive for HIV. However, in 2007 two nationally renowned HIV experts retained by the NY Times concluded that the 1996 result had been a false positive.