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TIL Muhammad Ali called Michael J. Fox after his Parkinson’s diagnosis and said, “Now that you’re in the fight, we’ll win.”

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8egPK TIL in 1914, 4-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff was shipped via parcel post. At 32 cents, her parents found it cheaper than a train ticket. Just under the 50lb limit, May rode in the train's mail compartment with a stamp on her jacket and was delivered to her grandmother by the mail clerk on duty.
Y7OBx TIL the body of Xin Zhui, an Chinese noblewoman from the 2nd century BC, was found remarkably well preserved in a certain liquid in her airtight tomb. Her skin, muscles, organs, blood vessels, hair, and even finger prints were preserved, making it one of the best preserved ancient human remains.
1474 TIL David Hayter (best known as the voice of Solid Snake in MGS) wrote the screenplay for the first X-Men film and cowrote the screenplay for Watchmen and X2
JY5Y8 TIL that Yevgeny Primakov was expected to win Russia's presidential election in 2000. But after a series of apartment bombings, he dropped out and the election went to the little-known prime minister, who had held his post for less than six months.
ekA6 TIL At 0 appearances, the Detroit Lions are the team in the NFL that have gone longest without even being in the Superbowl