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TIL about Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang, who was murdered in the street by members of a government death squad because she had criticized human rights abuses in the country.

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J0ek TIL, in 1968, American tycoon Robert P. McCulloch bought London Bridge for $2,460,000 and transported it brick by brick to Lake Havasu City, Arizona
LxAQ TIL that there is no data to suggest that ear candling is effective for any condition and “does more harm than good”
0w0d5 TIL a scientist DIY biohacked himself to biomimic the nightvision abilities of a deep sea fish
M7EO0 TIL the deadliest hurricane in US history was a hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. It killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. Debris and dead bodies spread so far that trains 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city were forced to stop. All bridges to the island of Galveston were washed out.
ko47 TIL the King of Siam offered Lincoln war elephants to use against the Confederacy in the Civil War, and Lincoln rejected the offer.