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TIL there is a section running across the entire southeast US where blacks outnumber the whites called the “Black Belt”

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nWlb TIL that in 1860 when Julia Pastrana, a woman who was very hairy and had ape like facial features, died, her husband mummified her and their dead baby’s remains to further exploit them at “freak shows.” Julia’s corpse was buried just this year and the baby’s corpse was eaten by mice in 1976.
yQvZw TIL Donkeys are used to fend off coyotes and other predators, are very smart, and typically become the alpha in a team of horses. They have a great sense of fight or flight and other horses will gauge their reaction by watching the donkey’s behavior.
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76m7 TIL Prince once rented Carlos Boozer’s house in LA, then proceeded to renovate it without permission, then gave Carlos Boozer $1 million to undo the renovations.