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TIL Neanderthals are believed to have practiced cannibalism, with 35% of Neanderthals recovered in France having the same butchery marks as animals hunted in that period.

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OGPmY TIL the political satire called "El Apóstol"(1917) consisted of 58,000 drawings and lasted 70 minutes! Historians consider it the world's first animated feature film. But a fire in 1926 destroyed the film studio, including El Apóstol. It is now considered a lost film.
OGaXX TIL that when the UK stopped airing TV due to WWII, the last thing to air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
awoaA TIL that Shaquille O'Neal owns a Krispy Kreme in Atlanta and is on the Papa John's Board of Directors.
78gJM TIL That FDR proposed the ‘Four Policemen’ where the US, UK, Soviet Union and China would each would control and oversee their sphere of influence. Countries other than those four were to be disarmed. Only the Four Policemen would be allowed to possess any weapons more powerful than a rifle
GM64 TIL that the philtrum (the groove in the middle of your upper lip) exists in all mammals. It’s much narrower in non-primates, and uses capillary action to keep the nose wet with saliva (ie. wet nose = good for dogs). A wet nose is better at trapping odors, hence the purpose of the philtrum.