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TIL Central Asian and Mongolian steppe herders, not Europeans, was the earliest humans to consume dairy and develop lactose tolerance.

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XEPo6 TIL of french writer Gabriel Matzneff. In spite of having described his pedophile activities and sexual tourism in several of his books, he remained sheltered from any criminal prosecution throughout his literary career and benefited from wide support within the French literary and political world.
6E59W TIL that the International Morse code distress signal <SOS> does not stand for anything. It was adopted due to being easy to remember and broadcast even for people unfamiliar with Morse code, being a continuous sequence of three dots, three dashses, and three dots, with no spaces.
rRvOo TIL that Sir David Attenborough is a member of the “Order of Merit,” in 2015. It recognizes distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Only 24 (living) people can be a member at a given time
Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
KROB TIL Harrison Ford made $10,000 for A New Hope and $20,000,000 for The Force Awakens