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TIL That modern tortoises’ ancestors moved out of the sea (fish to land reptiles), then back to the sea (early turtles), then back to the land again as tortoises.

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LkOZZ TIL A man ran for asking for equal wage for women and African-Americans in 1944. He was cheated by party politics despite being more popular than any other candidate at the time. He wanted to end the tensions with Russia. As a kid, he learned from under George Washington Carver on farming.
N74V6 TIL the British made up the idea that carrots improved eyesight during World War 2 as a reason for their war pilots’ good “eyesight” when really they were trying to hide their new radar tech.
QN0Z6 TIL that Crystal Glass gains its properties from high lead content, making it dangerous to consume food from the 'fancy' crystal glassware
VM4bk TIL the first gladiatorial game of Ancient Rome was held in the city's cattle market in 264 BCE, where funeral celebrations for a former consul included combat between six war captives. Initially competitions of courage to honor the dead, gladiator matches were not publicly sponsored for 160 years.
dn4r TIL A women by the name of Barbara Puc, one of 3,000 babies born at Auschwitz, survived and is still alive today at the age of 72.