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TIL Humans domesticated dogs before they developed written language

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WkgGA TIL about Joseph Trombino, a Brinks security guard who, after being shot multiple times in the famed armored car robbery of 1981, was almost killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and eventually lost his life during the 9/11 attacks while making a delivery in the North Tower.
WkQ1B TIL that Marie Curie is the only person to ever win Nobel prizes in two different areas of science
PYrPn TIL that the Soviet Union tried to calm down the Vietnam War
xVEgo TIL Pink Slime was actually in 70% of ground meat and processed meat in grocery stores in the US in 2012. Today it is banned in Europe and Canada, but is still legal in the US
Nn6N TIL many American Indian tribal people recognized four genders: Masculine Men, Feminine Men, Masculine Women, and Feminine Women. The “two-spirit” individuals would mix both “male” and “female” clothing and duties. MM+FM and FW+MW relationships weren’t regarded as homosexual.