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TIL the fate of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man is unknown.

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78Bg7 TIL Black Soldiers in the Continental Army and states’ militia fought in every major battle of the American Revolutionary War, and in most, if not all of the lesser actions.
5Veb8 TIL Only 11% of students from low income families earn a bachelors degree by 24
P17vJ TIL in 2011 Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov collapsed at home from a heart attack & was declared dead. Days later, as she lay in the casket at her own funeral, she woke up. Seeing all the weeping mourners, she began yelling & was rushed to the hospital where she died again 12 minutes later of heart failure.
6p9m TIL Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.
LkBxQ TIL the original wording of the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was exactly that. The popular "Blood of the covenant" variant is a modern invention whose origin can be traced to two authors.