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TIL that Neanderthals weren't the only contemporaries of homo sapiens: At one point there were as many as 4 different hominin species living alongside us

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PY75V TIL Dwayne Johnson set a new Guinness World Record for the Most Selfies taken in 3 minutes. He took 105 selfies with fans at his movie premiere for San Andreas.
7D6P TIL compared to average shoppers, chefs are more likely to buy generic store brands for sugar, baking soda, and other kitchen staples
7rrQX TIL That The Evacuation of British Gold to Canada During WWII Was the Largest Transfer of Wealth in History
jNpjM TIL of Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist working in Europe in the 1930's. She was granted an interview with Adolf Hitler in 1931, after which she referred to him as "... insecure—the very prototype of the Little Man." She eventually became the first American journalist expelled from Germany
x6pr1 TIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship or parachuted from a plane and to be able to cope with the humidity of the South Pacific.