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TIL that Vitamin D supplements are made by extracting the fat from sheeps’ wool

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8pv8 TIL a woman had to have both her legs amputated after she passed out drunk with her legs tucked under her. Cutting off circulation to her legs.
rRaDd TIL that the scientific name for the Plains Bison is literally "Bison Bison Bison"
v1bOB TIL the first black baseball player wasn't Jackie Robinson, but rather Moses Fleetwood Walker, who played in the 1880s despite rampant racism. He was also an inventor, newspaper editor, hotel owner, opera house manager, postal worker, and a published author on race theory.
JYjWv TIL that Humphrey Bogart stood up for Lena Horne when her Hollywood neighbors tried to kick her out because she was black: "if anyone bothers you, please let me know"
1a89X Til stereotypical cavemen hardly existed as very few Stone Age people lived in caves. Most were nomadic hunter gatherers living in temporary shelters such as tents or huts. Caves just have the best preserved artifacts