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TIL researchers discovered a 430,000-yr-old skull in a Spanish cave that bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma which represents the earliest case of murder in the hominin fossil record. The site where it was found is only accessible through a vertical chimney that extends 40ft down

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D4Wg TIL that Bob Dole’s ‘96 election site is still live.
xVl91 TIL of the Peanut Butter Hearings of 1959, which took place after the FDA revealed that leading peanut butter products only contained 75% peanuts to cut costs. This enraged the public, who began referring to these products as “peanut-flavored face cream” and standard of at least 90% peanuts was set.
rNwyo TIL darker coffee roasts have less caffeine.
168Z7 TIL Swallow nests have been used as a delicacy for over 400 years, and are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans
PYyRG TIL that dental fluoride was discovered due to a chemist investigating the weird staining on the teeth of people living in a small town in Colorado.