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TIL the world's oldest known cave painting dates back over 45,000 years!

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nW6yP TIL that in fashion, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day when it was acceptable to wear white or seersucker. The tradition lies with the migration of wealthy 19th century New Yorkers back from their summer-home Newport Mansions and the accompanying change back from summer clothes.
0dwRL TIL in 1895, Georges Polti proposed 36 general plotlines which categorise every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
y6Av TIL a Chiefs superfan known as “Helmet Man” was banned from attending games because he was part of the Witness Protection Program for being a witness in the 1993 WTC bombing.
J1lmB TIL that to satisfy a record contract, goth rocker Andrew Eldritch recorded an album as the band SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW, said to stand for "Screw Shareholder Value - Not So Much a Band as Another Opportunity to Waste Money on Drugs and Ammunition Courtesy of the Idiots at Time Warner.”
69VBw TIL male primates (yes, humans too) that recover from Ebola carry the virus in their sperm for a very long time.