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TIL during Napoleon’s coronation in 1804, the new emperor crowned himself, instead of having the Pope put the crown on his head, to symbolize he was becoming emperor based on his own merit and not the will of God

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69yeW TIL Semaglutide, the molecule found in weight loss drugs like Ozempic, was originally developed following research into a similar compound discovered in Gila monster venom.
VBXQ4 TIL Ancient Greeks referred to Subsaharan Africans as Aethiopians, meaning “burnt-face people”. Aethiopia referred to all of the inhabited land found to the south of Egypt. The Greek historian Herodotus stated, “the men are taller, handsomer, and longer lived than anywhere else.”
1aaB4 TIL that the first motion picture came through the technology of series photography by the British American photographer Eadweard Muybridge between 1872 and 1877.
wLZx8 TIL that George Wallace, the governor who tried to stop two black students from attending the University of Alabama, became a born-again Christian in the late 70s, rebuked his support for segregation, and when reelected in the 80s, made a record number of black appointees to state positions.
KO7e4 TIL in the 1970’s the United States government forcibly sterilized as many as 70,000 Native American women, often without consent or knowledge.