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TIL Dian Fossey, the conservationist who lived with Gorillas for several years, was murdered while doing research in Rwanda

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l7xwA TIL the unclaimed remains of over 400 Jonestown Massacre victims are buried together in an Oakland, CA, cemetery.
N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer
9w0Xp TIL Togo was the hero of the Great Race of Mercy in 1925. Many children would have died if it weren't for him.
xaaw TIL there was a band of 150 gay couples from Thebes, who defeated a Spartan army, and went undefeated for 30 years. The Sacred Band of Thebes
EJJX TIL the Vikings had swords marked with “Ulfbehrt” using high carbon “crucible steel” not made again until the Industrial Revolution, 800 years later. Maker history is yet unknown.