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TIL people cuddle for a living. For $50 you can cuddle with a professional ‘snuggler’

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neDa7 TIL that humans have the same amount of hair as gorillas and other primates, ours is just shorter and thinner
6EJG8 TIL of Nancy Hart, a heroine of the American revolutionary war celebrated for repeatedly outsmarting and killing loyalist soldiers in Georgia.She is best known for an incident where she singlehandedly incapacitated 6 Tory soldiers who walked into her home and demanded that she cook a turkey for them
pY1e4 TIL Dr. Howard Tucker is a 102-year-old neurologist named the oldest practicing doctor in the world…
knP4 TIL that Joseph Medicine Crow became the last Plains Indian war chief ever after completing all four required tasks while fighting in Europe during World War II. These included touching an enemy soldier, stealing his weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy’s horse.
JYaVB TIL in 1944 a 14-year-old was executed by electric chair. George Stinney Jr, a black boy, was accused of murdering 2 white girls. The trial was flimsy, and the jury decided in 10 minutes to execute the teen. In 2014, his conviction was vacated.