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TIL there’s a single word for spirits/angels/deities whose job is to escort the dead to the afterlife. “Psychopomp”

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Eg4NP TIL promising farmland came available when this 310 ft. wood and steel bridge was completed in 1910. It opened 100’s square miles to claim in Central Wyoming. It took a few generations before families gave up the dream because of poor soil and scarce water. Their sad cabins still remain.
wL75J TIL that there are no muscles in your fingers. Their function is controlled by muscles in your palms and arms.
epyeg TIL Two of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band died in Motorcycle accidents 3 blocks apart almost exactly 1 year apart from each other.
wNnE TIL that the Pepsi taste test only proved people liked Pepsi with a small sip, but preferred Coca-cola over the course of a full can/bottle.
gMlGW TIL that a group of striking coal workers in West Virginia had leftover WWI chemical bombs dropped on them by the US government during the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in American history.