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TIL that life in Puritan New England was so hard that children who were abducted by Native Americans often refused to come back

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6oOW TIL venus spins on its axis so slowly that the average human could easily out-walk it.
gMaNL TIL Einstein named Spinoza as the thinker most influential on his world view. When asked by a Rabbi if he believed in God, he replied "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."
neRLG TIL 7% of all humans who have ever existed are alive right now
PvAe TIL that a beautiful home was purchased in the heart of Mormon country (Utah county, Utah) and converted into an LGBT resource center called Encircle House.
GYMpg TIL about the female jockey who pissed off the NAZI Party by beating six acclaimed SS Officers in Czechoslovakia's biggest horse race, shortly before WWII broke out and Germany invaded the country.