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TIL that a healed femur bone (thigh bone), not the clay pot, is considered as the first sign of human civilization.

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R7kla TIL in 1989 murderer Michael Godwin had his sentence reduced to life imprisonment after five years awaiting the electric chair but was electrocuted accidentally while sitting naked on a steel toilet seat in his cell. While trying to fix his television set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted.
mxAry TIL that Stan Lee often took credit for other's work and let himself be mythologized by the media by neglecting to correct them when they gave him sole credit for works that were a team effort.
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loveG TIL Russia didn't consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.