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TIL that there was a persistent myth that a race of pygmy humans lived in Tennessee. In reality, these were normal bones of Native Americans secondarily buried in short stone coffins.

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GYD5N TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
YpEYx TIL Nike's Jumpman Logo was created from a studio set picture where Michael Jordan did "ballet moves" in order to try to recreate a Life Magazine photo shoot of him taken during the Olympics.
BgvLx TIL as our brains develop from age 4 to 36, we tend to judge perpetrators less severely, as we make more room for accidental causes and other circumstantial factors.
xVlMb TIL after Montreal Canadiens fans booed the US national anthem during the 2004 Hockey Playoffs, Boston Bruins fans responded by giving the Canadian National Anthem a standing ovation.
gdVX TIL That a billboard located in Lima, Peru produces around 100 liters of water a day (about 26 gallons) from nothing more than humidity, a basic filtration system and a little gravitational ingenuity