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TIL before agriculture, human jaws were a perfect fit for human teeth.

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8O4a TIL of black rain, a form of precipitation caused by the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation, in which the water is black and sticky due to radioactive materials in the air.
QJgea TIL a Japanese exchange student wearing a white tuxedo was shot and killed by a property owner after showing up by mistake at a wrong house for a Halloween party. His last words were "We're here for the party!". The court ruled the killer not guilty.
WkEE8 TIL of the Bethke brothers. Each escaped from Soviet East Berlin. Ingo floated on a mattress across a river. Holger used a bow to fire a cable across the gap, then zip-lined to safety. Then Ingo and Holger built an aircraft and flew back over the wall to rescue their third brother, Egbert.
R5jZQ TIL that "mirror life"—organisms built from reversed biomolecules–could trigger unforeseen chemical chaos if they ever interact with our biology or environment.
0jvj TIL there is a Marvel Comics character that is a werewolf centaur fused with an alien symbiote. His name is Marcus and his weakness is literally diabetes.