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TIL There are 33 million more men than Women in China

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89ML TIL it took early “humans” 110,000 generations of using stone tools before controlling fire, another 20,000 generations until written language was invented, and only another 250 generations until we put a man on the moon.
GeQ7 TIL the “Confederate Flag” wasn’t an official flag, and was ridiculed by the founders of the Confederacy. It never flew as a state flag during the Civil War.
grEr9 TIL about the Battle of Jutland. Lasting only two days, it was the largest naval battle of the First World War, involving 250 ships and around 100,000 men. In the end, 6,000 British and 2,500 German sailors were dead. The British lost 14 ships to the Germans' 11.
7Z6Z TIL the Easter Island heads also have bodies.
R7nY4 TIL The only surviving library of Antiquity is in a villa in Herculaneum. We do not yet have the technology to read the thousands of charred scrolls, but one day we will be able to read them and humanity will regain the lost knowledge.