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TIL what's at stake for the 2024 debate tomorrow!

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a8wgJ TIL that Genghis khan killed approximately 10% of the population, or 40 million people, during his lifetime.
kypB TIL due to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, the Nobel Committee refused to give the Nobel Peace Prize that year because there was “no suitable living candidate.” The Prize cannot be given to deceased candidates. That way Gandhi’s place on the list was silently but respectfully left open.
GYpKg TIL that 85% of Native American children were taken from their homes fron the 1940's to the 1970's and placed up for adoption in non-Indian homes in an attempt to make the tribes go extinct.
R5bWQ TIL of Bill Hatfield, the oldest person to ever circumnavigate the earth. He attempted a total of four times before succeeding and even washed overboard on his first voyage. He was 81 when he earned the record.
XERRk TIL that a study shows that a man who is 5’6” needs to earn $175,000 per year more than a 6 foot man to be “equally desirable”