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TIL that in 2006, 20,000-year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicated that the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in the sand.

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RMD4 TIL 70% Britain’s land today is still owned by an 0.6% aristocratic elite, and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century.
P6kE TIL that when the Robertson family was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the only water they had was poisonous. The mother gave the others enemas to safely hydrate them with it. The family survived for 37 days before rescue.
99ED TIL that many notable famines in history have actually stemmed not from a lack of food, but rather from bad ( or deliberate ) government policies.
VBjEm TIL that the letter ù in French is used for only one word, où (where).
grZM4 TIL that after Stalin had a stroke and his Blood Pressure raised to 210/120, doctors decided to apply leeches to his neck and face in an attempt to make it drop. Died 2 days later.