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TIL that humans almost instinctively know the pentatonic scale

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Rww9 TIL a man named Wally Wallington proved that with rudimentary tools it is possible to move thousands of pounds of stone and even entire buildings single-handed, and is constructing Stonehenge: RELOADED in his Flint, Michigan backyard.
KYOOG TIL famed novelist Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days whilst visiting Africa
wLyRM TIL Meerkats are a type of mongoose that live in burrows in Africa. Remarkably social, they live in groups that can number up to 30 individuals (called mobs) that cooperate in keeping watch over their pups. Interestingly, when females reach sexual maturity, they are usually banished from the family.
WwLL TIL the best female sniper of all time was a 24 year old Russian WWII soldier named Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She left university in Ukraine during her senior year to start “hunting Nazis” after the Third Reich invaded the country.
695nl TIL Cai Lun, the inventor of paper, was a eunuch