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TIL that in 2019, a mammoth tusk hunter found a perfectly preserved 32,000 year-old wolf head

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XE9R6 TIL the combined wealth in the world is $360 trillion.
loXoA TIL of Billy, an enslaved man from Virginia who was charged with treason during the American Revolution. He won his case by arguing that, as a slave, he was not a citizen and thus could not commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance.
5XMD TIL there is a species of tiger beetles that run faster than their eyes can keep up. They run towards their prey, stop and re-evaluate the situation, and then sprint again, hoping they’ll run into their prey. They run at 5.6 mph, which is equivalent to a human running 480 mph.
84yV TIL that the child actor who played a young Ricky Bobby in Talledega Nights has been arrested twice- once for reckless driving; he was going 45 mph over the speed limit.
R7DL1 TIL That Paul Tibblets, the pilot of the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima, did not have a funeral or headstone on his death, fearing it would become a site for protest. Instead he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the English Channel.