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TIL Earth's magnetic field was approximately twice as strong in Roman times as it is now

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awKnL TIL George Michael, the writer and producer of the hit song Last Christmas, died on Christmas day in 2016
VM6VB TIL about Ashley's Sack. Ashley, a slave, was sold at nine years old. Her mother provided a cotton sack as a parting gift. Telling her "it be filled with my love always", it contained a tattered dress, a handful of pecans, and a braid of her mother's hair.
xVg8b TIL that in 2000, 2 Italian brothers and their friend crossed the Atlantic Ocean by car
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