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TIL Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American of the 19th century, and never smiled in photographs to not appear stereotypical.

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woGEW TIL that lots of paintings on wood were transferred to canvas from the 18th century onwards to ‘prevent’ deterioration. Some transfers were more successful than others.
8addG TIL Greenland has fossilized plants buried under 1.4 kilometers of ice. This implies the ice melted and reformed in the last million years.
4v0a TIL that scientists have found a complete skull from a human ancestor believed to be 1.8 million years old. Known as Skull 5, the skull is entirely intact and has a long face, large teeth and a small brain case.
KRj4 TIL Henry Ford didn’t decide to pay his workers $5 per day so they could afford his cars, but to combat massive turnover: In 1913, he hired 52,000 workers and kept 14,000
oB6xL TIL In 1979, Hardline Islamists seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca (the holiest site in Islam) for over 2 weeks resulting in death of hundreds. The coup was led by Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Qahtani who reasoned that the Saudi Monarchy had become corrupt under the influence of Western Infidelic nations.