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TIL that the Dali Lama is not in fact a vegetarian, but a meat eater.

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jNwvR TIL that while modern child-proof lids were invented in 1967, archaeologists discovered a container nearly 20 years later that was opened using a similar twist-off method. The vessel was found in the Mayan ruins of Río Azul in Guatemala and dated back to 500 BCE. It contained chocolate.
9lQQ TIL a passerby flipped off the camera when they were filming the intro for the pilot of “Louie,” and they kept it in the final cut because Louis C.K. thought it was a sign from the universe that they would get to be on TV.
GYlW5 TIL carbon dating is useless to date anything after 1950 and will be useless for the forseeable future because of the amount of change in carbon-14 levels from human nuclear weapons detonations.
5YGx8 TIL The US army maintains a public list of deserters
OkB1 TIL a monkey’s fist knot is used as the weight in heaving a line between ship and dock. Recognizing their potential, drunken sailors began using them as melee weapons in street and bar fights with the knot eventually being adopted by street gangs of the 19th century.