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TIL that the first e-commerce transaction was in the 70’s for cannabis between students from MIT and Stanford

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xVQow TIL Sorry!, Trouble, Ludo, and Parcheesi are all western versions of an old Indian game, Pachisi, that was first played in the 4th century
kOVgd TIL the two species of pudús, both native to the forests of South America, are the world's smallest deer, with the southern pudú being slightly larger than the northern pudú. There is very little data regarding their wild populations, and currently there are about 100 southern pudús in captivity.
kO7K1 TIL that Helen Keller's family forbade her from marrying her fiancé, Peter Fagan, an ex-newspaper reporter who was working as her secretary, because of her disabilities. And society of her time believed women with disabilities shouldn't experience romance of any kind.
woOQM TIL a species of cicada lives in the United States, the life expectancy of which reaches 17 years. For comparison, the rest of their "relatives" live much less: 3-4 years.
GwDj TIL Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general, had an Old West style standoff with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who complied and pulled back after James demanded him to move his hand away from his gun.