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TIL an extinct human species derives its name from a cave-dwelling hermit named Dennis

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D16oY TIL about Hikikomori: modern day hermits/recluses in Japan whose numbers are on the rise, with an estimated million youths/middle age already afflicted.
PX1L TIL that there have been five attempts to ban coffee throughout history. The last attempt being in 1777 by Frederick the Great of Prussia who issued a manifesto declaring beer’s superiority over coffee. He believed that coffee interfered with the country’s beer consumption.
OGLMg TIL that, in 1946, Ho Chi Min reached out to President Harry S. Truman and requested the United States’ support in ending French rule in Vietnam.
dJmr TIL that a man called Zeb Quinn went missing in 2000. His car was found two weeks later, with it’s lights on, a pair of lipstick lips drawn on the rear windshield, and a live Labrador puppy inside. Zeb Quinn has never been found.
ne8aB TIL Louis Silberkleit graduated from New York Law School, co-founded MLJ Magazines (later known as Archie Comics), and served as its publisher for many years