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TIL Garfield (the comic strip) was never supposed to be funny. It was crafted to fit a marketing niche.

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gkk7 TIL museums have more than half a million Native American skeletons in their collections, even after returning 50,000 skeletons for burial
x6PD5 TIL Jasper the Bear, beloved mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada, was the star of a very popular comic strip that ran from 1948 - 1972.
VBjM8 TIL sickle cell disease (SCD) has prolonged erections as a symptom in 50%. SCD causes sickled red blood cells to block blood flow out of the penis. Sickle cells in SCD burst too much nitric oxide, stopping contraction of muscles that reduce erections. Sickle cell anemia (an SCD) has the highest rate
M7E7b TIL that in 1800, the U.S. birthrate was higher than in any European nation. The typical woman bore 7 children, starting around age 23 and continuing in two-year intervals until menopause. Had this pattern continued, the U.S. population would have reached 2 billion by 1990.
MbQK TIL 80,000 Inca warriors were defeated by only 168 Spaniards in the Battle of Cajamarca (outnumbered 450:1) in 1532