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TIL archeologists in Titusville, FL discovered a 7,000 year old cemetery at the bottom of a pond. Some of the skulls contained preserved brain tissue.

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78LVr TIL Joan of Leeds, a 14th century nun, faked her own death by crafting a dummy “in the likeness of her body” in order to escape her convent & allegedly pursue “the way of carnal lust.” She was discovered around 30 miles (48 km) away living "indecently" with a man & was denounced as an apostate.
LKpr TIL that the original Village People line up was recruited using an ad which read: “Macho Types Wanted: Must Dance And Have A Moustache.”
1ap17 TIL William Leonard Pickard, the guy who had a lab in a missile silo and was once responsible for a third of global LSD supply, predicted the fentanyl fentanyl epidemic in the 90's
GYDb1 TIL Adolf Hitler's personal chauffeur and close confidant, Emil Maurice, was Jewish. He was also one of the founding members of the SS. After uncovering of his Jewish heritage, Hitler declared that he was an 'honorary Aryan' and prevented him from being expelled from the SS by Himmler.
8xvX TIL of the Cat Organ, a 16th century piano-type contraption played by a trained bear which yanked the tails of cats in order to create music.