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TIL humans learned to speak, grew bigger brains and evolved smaller faces by figuring out how to cook and chew their food less

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M7xD8 TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46
e0W65 TIL Georgia Tann kidnapped and sold 5,000 babies during 1924-1950. One of those kidnapped children was professional wrestling legend, The ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair.
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