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0wKoR TIL Olive Oatman was captured in 1851 by Native Americans who slaughtered most of her family. She eventually integrated into a Mohave tribe and was given tattoos to enter the afterlife. Settlers traded to "free" her in 1857. She was the first tattooed American woman; her story remains mysterious.
wLpPM TIL at the time of the dinosaurs, Earth completed one rotation in about 23 hours.
dop9 TIL The Tomb of the Unknowns has been continuously guarded without interruption since 1937. There are wear marks in the marble from the sentinels footsteps
NXd48 TIL Flat adverbs, where the adjective and adverb have the same form, used to be much more common in the 18th century until a bunch of grammarians decided adverbs must end in -ly. Examples of surviving flat adverbial usage today include “sit tight” and “go slow”.
x6Abb TIL In 2021, a 4 year old Giant Panda at a Belgian Zoo escaped from his enclosure and then attacked his keeper at the staff-restricted area.