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TIL that ancient Britons come mainly from Spain

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m1VaE TIL of Marvin Clark. Disappearing in 1926 at age 73, his is the oldest active missing person case in America. The latest development was a 2018 DNA test of remains found near where he was last seen, 92 years after he disappeared. The test was negative, and his case remains unsolved.
kAA1 TIL: According to the federal census of 1830, free blacks owned more than 10,000 slaves in Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia.
a86ky TIL that the first vending machine was built in the 1st century AD by Heron of Alexandria, the same man who created the first known steam engine
WMwB TIL that there is a fish called Monkfish that can prey on small seabirds
9WPX TIL Gordon Ramsay left one of his first jobs while as an aspiring chef because he was tired of “the rages the bullying and violence” perpetrated by the head chef