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TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice.

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ep6y6 TIL sonar is lethal. At 235 decibels, the vibrations can rupture your lungs and cause brain hemorrhaging.
J1jWk TIL after English King James II converted to Catholicism he was forced into exile in 1688 and his descendants were barred from royal succession. Today there is an art historian in Germany who would be King of England (instead of King Charles III) if James had stayed in the Church of England.
GYYdJ If your car is a diesel, it will run.
NXnV8 TIL that, because of the gyroscopic precession of the Earth, the ancient Greeks and Romans didn’t have a North Star
5Y10p TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.