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TIL that almost everyone born outside of Africa are descendants of the ancient Neanderthals, and “some spots in our genome are more Neanderthal than Human”

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NXnZ1 TIL the last nuclear explosion happened in 2017. It was performed in North Korea by an underground thermonuclear weapon. It was the county’s sixth nuclear test.
rN5Qo TIL That Ulysses S. Grant Came Up With Several Inventions Including An Iteration Of The Modern Flashlight
nW5Nd TIL hookers were named after General Hooker during the Civil War.
W7d0B TIL that Edgar Allan Poe became a writer after a failed military career. He enlisted in the US Army in 1827. He failed as a cadet at West Point, and declared his intention to become a writer. His first works (a collection of poems) were written while in the Army
1a7YX TIL "All Quiet on the Western Front" was banned in Poland for being pro-German and in Germany for being anti-German.