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TIL “African Dodger” was an American carnival game where people paid to throw a baseball at an African American’s head

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ZYbv TIL that the phenomenon of occupational sudden death in Japan is so common, that they invented a word for it: Karōshi (“death from overwork”).
QJwBd TIL weathervanes point to where the wind is coming FROM, not the direction it’s blowing.
W7VZ9 TIL that every year around 1 million people commit suicide with attempted suicides being about 20 times more common.
50l8 TIL New Zealand Victoria Cross recepitant James Ward, won it for actions during a raid over Germany on 7 July 1941. When his aircraft was set on fire, Ward crawled out onto the wing, several thousand feet in the air, and smothered the flames out. The bomber made it back
JD9l TIL Neanderthals had larger brains and much stronger bodies than modern day humans and even sailed thousands of years before us.