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TIL Muhammad Ali fought in an early version of MMA

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jdGX TIL that in 1586 a pregnant widow wrote a letter to her partner, who had died at the age of 30. This was found by archaeologists in South Korea in 1998, intact with the man’s mummified body and a pair of sandals woven from hemp and the woman’s hair.
rNw5y TIL Maple syrup heist is the most valuable heist in Canada in history, involving C$18.7M of syrup
X00Q6 TIL staff at the U.S Securities and Commissions Exchange (SEC) spent up to 8 hours a day watching porn even as the economy was collapsing during the 2008 financial crisis
QKoE TIL that Johnny Cash’s truck caused a massive forest fire that nearly wiped out an endangered species of condor. Upon being sued by the U.S. national government, Cash proclaimed: “I don’t care about your damn yellow buzzards.”
WkRmX TIL the sativa/indica distinction as currently applied in literature is complete nonsense, and instead medical and retail cannabis products should have accurate biochemical assays of cannabinoid and terpenoid profiles.