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TIL that while there are many theories for the origin of life, most of them fall into 1 of 4 kinds: 1) Supernatural event, 2) Life arises all the time, 3) Life has no "beginning," 4) Improbable chemical event.

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W7M6A TIL Grover Cleveland first met his future wife while she was still an infant, and he bought her her first baby carriage.
jNJYn TIL that a Queens man, Raffi Stepanian, has mined the cracks in the sidewalks in Midtown's Diamond District, New York City, for bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold to make a living. Over six days, he says he collected enough gold for two sales totaling $819.
aojo TIL there is an island in the Pacific Ocean that uses huge, immovable stone discs as currency. When a purchase is made, instead of moving a stone disc, it is simply “publicly reassigned” to a new owner.
yo5X TIL the indigenous people of Bougainville Island successfully carried out the world’s first “eco-revolution” closing down one of the world’s largest mines, driving away private security and in turn the Papua New Guinea and Australian army using home-made weapons and running vehicles on coconut oil
69G8X TIL that during WWII, the Ford Motor Company was losing so much money that the Roosevelt Administration considered a government takeover of the company in order to ensure continued war production.