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TIL that early hunter-gatherer societies enjoyed more leisure time than is permitted by capitalist and agrarian societies

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LkjMQ TIL Princess Leia's ship in A New Hope, Tantive IV, was the original design for the Millennium Falcon
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Vkr4 TIL Snoop Dogg has an IQ of 147, which is considered a highly gifted genius.
XEpYE TIL that on 4 June 2012, the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell exactly 64.89--Almost certainly a coincidence, but was viewed as threat by authorities due to the association with the Tienanmen Square Massacre (6/4/89); Today, China censors all information related to the index that day.
jJXn TIL that the 4 suits of cards (♢ ♧ ♡ ♤) correspond to the seasons in a year, and adding all the values of the cards (1 for ace, 11 for jack, 12 for queen, 13 for king, and 1 for joker) adds up to 365, the number of days in a year.