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TIL the price of a loaf of bread has risen by 11,000% in the past 100 years thanks to inflation and will cost almost $200 next century if prices rise at the same rate.

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l701a TIL of the Schöningen Spears, ten intact wooden spears discovered in a German mine between 1994-99. Strikingly similar to modern competition javelins, the 400,000 year old spears are the oldest worked wooden weapons ever found, and suggest early hominids used very sophisticated hunting techniques.
Z8eMa TIL that hill valley from back to the Future was a set used in many shows including twilight zone, to kill a mockingbird and leave it to beaver. Just to name a few.
4g6X TIL that there is a non-profit group in Detroit that has planted more than 81,000 trees in the city since its inception in 1989. It is successfully promoting urban farming and reclaiming of vacant lots for new greenspace.
b6p6p TIL 'Foldering' is a clandestine way of electronically communicating. It involves communicating via messages saved to the "drafts" folder of an email or other messaging account that is accessible by multiple people. The messages are never actually sent, its a digital equivalent of a dead drop
AD467 TIL Einstein didn’t fail math as a child. By the age of 15, he had mastered differential and integral calculus.