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TIL turkeys were once worshipped like gods by the Mayan people.

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pAVe TIL that in New York City, when homeless people or those with no money die, they are buried by prisoners on Hart Island in a mass grave: up to 1000 per grave for children and 50 for adults.
RdMw TIL of Jonathan Magbie - 27-year-old quadriplegic, unable to breathe on his own, died while serving a 10 day sentence for pot possession.
LoAd TIL in 2010, a Florida programmer paid 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas. Those bitcoin were worth $7 Million in 2013 and almost $6 Million today.
0rkL TIL that Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
gMVRX TIL the last country to abolish slavery was Mauritania in 1981 (but the practice continues openly to this day)