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TIL humans were almost certainly deep-sea fishing over 42,000 years ago.

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neopo TIL 95% of individuals in the witness protection program are criminals, but only 10% of these people re-offend. Ex-prisoners have a recidivism rate of 65%+
pY10p TIL of Michele Mouton, the last women to compete in high level rallying. She won 4 races in the 1982 season and nearly won the 1982 World Rally Championship season, eventually finishing runner up, as a factory driver for Audi.
7rOX7 TIL that 'Greeble' is a name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models to make them appear more complex.
BgrKe TIL that the French writer Gérard de Nerval kept a pet lobster named Thibault, which he walked through Paris on the end of a silk ribbon
yQDye TIL The largest firework on record used a 62" shell, weighed 2797 pounds, was launched from a 26 ft metal pipe buried into Emerald Mountain in Colorado, and was launched with a starting velocity of at least 300mph.