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TIL that half of men in Western Europe are the descendants of a single Bronze-age king

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vPenj TIL of Jackass Annie Road. In 1954 doctors told "Jackass Annie" Wilkins (63) of Minot, Maine that she would soon die. Wanting to see California, she rode a horse there and back over 17 months. Wilkins wrote a book about her adventure and lived until 1980. Minot renamed a street after her.
k9dd TIL the animation segment in Bowling for Columbine that followed Matt Stone’s interview was made to look like it was by the South Park creators, which angered them and led to Michael Moore being parodied in Team America: World Police
KOBkJ TIL If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you be penalized up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.
6ja8 TIL pants originally consisted of two separate items. & You put them on one leg at a time, then tied it around your waist, and then put on the other. Which is why we to this day, we say a “ pair of pants ”
p8V8b TIL Ireland was as neutral as Switzerland during World War II