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TIL That According to Some Rastafarians, Haile Selassie (The Emperor of Ethiopia) Was The Second Coming of Jesus.

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ewME TIL Charles Drew, the inventor of the “blood bank” and pioneer of successful blood transfusions, died during a failed blood transfusion after a car accident
o4nE TIL that the city of Detroit raised $50,000 in less than 10 days in order to fund the building of a Robocop statue
Aydg TIL Morse Code letter lengths correspond to the letter’s usage in Morristown, NJ’s newspaper in 1837.
l7o45 TIL of Thomas Chapple, a 19th century sailor, who is believed to have contributed to the near-extinction of two species after lighting a fire as a prank.
aNab TIL the last year the United States went without any deaths in a school shooting was 1981