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TIL Bob Marley was buried with his red Gibson guitar, a bible open to Psalms 23, and a bud of marijuana.

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9wY6p TIL 'Tainted Love' was originally produced by Gloria Jones
lrL7 TIL: Scurvy does not occur in most animals as they can make their own vitamin C. Only humans, higher primates, guinea pigs, bats, and some birds and fish lack the necessary enzyme.
xVYG0 TIL about the Great Green Wall, an effort to plant trees to stop desertification in the Sahara that began in 2007. Ethiopia has planted over 5.5 billion seedling since.
DRNr TIL that the average life expectancy for those with Down syndrome has gone from 12 years in 1912, to 25 years in the 1980’s, to upwards of 60 years in the developed world today.
WJjB TIL on April 15, (around 12 hours from this post) There will be a total lunar eclipse called the “Tetrad” where the moon will turn blood red. This has happened 8 times over the past 2000 years