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TIL Neanderthals had significantly larger brains than modern humans and that our intellectual superiority is actually up for debate

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x6aZ0 TIL the disco ball was patented over a hundred years ago -- there's even one in a flashback scene in the film Casablanca (which is from 1942)
yPkV TIL that Ron Howard has given each of his children the middle name of where they were conceived: Bryce (Dallas), Jocelyn and Paige (Carlyle; Carlyle Hotel, NYC), and Reed (Cross; famous London street. Reed was named after the street because according to Howard, “Volvo isn’t a very good middle name.”
Xvnj TIL that in 2013, the Indian Army began tracking Chinese spy drones that were illegally crossing its border. They did this for 6 months, until it turned out they were just tracking Venus and Jupiter.
5jb8 TIL There are married Roman Catholic priests; there are about 80. In almost all the cases, the priests were married before they joined the Catholic church. Once they converted to Catholicism, they remained married and their vows are recognized by the Vatican.
xVDP5 TIL that there is not only a herd of wild horses in Maryland at Assateague, but that they also love junk food, like hot dogs and chips, and will try to take it from people.