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TIL That There Were Volcanoes on the Moon During the Dinosaur Age

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69lGW TIL women attempt suicide more than men, but men are just more successful at it
WWw9 TIL the Dodge Brothers sued Henry Ford in 1919 on the grounds that a company should act in the interests of its shareholders and not for the good of society, its customers or its employees
xoMB TIL that when a Hun leader died warriors would slash their cheeks to “cry blood” in mourning.
kK0m TIL That when the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was actually issued a legal Egyptian passport. Ramses’ occupation? “King (deceased).”
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