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TIL when constructing a pool in his backyard, a man found human remains and coffins from the 18th century

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QJ7W6 TIL of the Hot Springs Gunfight, an 'old west' gunfight between the city police and the county sheriff. They were fighting over who got to be bribed/employed by the local illegal gambling ring.
WgPL TIL the US gov’t was found guilty of assassinating MLK jr in civil court
aKLN TIL that Ultra-pasteurized milks like Organic Horizon and Stonyfield do not need to be refrigerated. They are put into the cooling section at the store cause People don’t trust unrefrigerated milk especially in the US.
LkDAP TIL that Charles Darwin's pet tortoise died at 176 years old in 2006, whilst Darwin himself died in 1882.
mxJQy TIL Butterflies were around on Earth 70 million years before flowers