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TIL that the oldest known piece of jewelry is a set of 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells, found in a cave in Morocco.

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5Vnok TIL that between 1983 and 2004, NBC ran 2 hours of comedy programming every Thursday night, known as "Must See TV". The lineup included some of the most iconic comedies of all time, such as Frasier, Seinfeld, Friends, and Will & Grace. They placed 1st almost every week. They now rank 4th.
nQBY TIL Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day.
LGpV TIL white roses in names of 9/11 victims represent it’s their birthday
DmKV TIL there is a modern day Anti Pope, Pope Gregory XVIII is the head of the Palmarian Catholic Church which broke away from the Roman Catholics in 1978 and claim all popes after Pope Paul VI are illegitimate.
RaB9 TIL there is a medicine being developed that will not only cure the common cold, but pretty much any viral infection you could get, including possibly HIV. (Why can’t we fast-track this research?)