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

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80n8 TIL that negative stereotypes about Star Trek fans have existed for a very long time. A 1975 newspaper article mocked them as fat junk-food eaters obsessed about show trivia.
XE7Qr TIL that John Hurt is the actor who has died the most onscreen. He has 45 deaths on films and totals 47 deaths counting TV appearances. Bela Lugosi, Mickey Rourke, and Sean Bean are close behind
R5mN4 TIL The cost of raising a child in China is 3.3 times more expensive than raising a child in Australia, making it the second highest in the world, which helps to explain why DINK couples are growing in the country.
j6nJX TIL that the 1830s London Bridge (whose replacement was in construction) was sold to a US entrepreneur who moved its outer stones to Arizona, and rebuilt it with a modernized foundation as a tourist attraction.
rRkXo TIL the first non-stop transatlantic flight happened in 1919. A modified WWI bomber with an open cockpit took off from Newfoundland, Canada with a crew of two. They almost spiraled into the ocean twice in heavy fog, had to climb onto the wings to clear ice, and landed in a bog in Connemara, Ireland.