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TIL that Britain during the Palaeolithic period was intermittently populated due to glaciation driving the humans out multiple times.

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BaPr TIL the last man executed by electric chair in the U.S. was removed from the death penalty on appeal. Thinking this made him immune, he boasted of his crimes, supplying evidence which allowed him to be re-convicted and then executed.
Egy9X TIL that adults have 206 bones, while babies start out with around 305. Bones fuse together as we grow, which is why we end up with fewer bones than we had at birth, with a quarter of our bones being in our feet.
nL59 TIL lebanese star Mia Khalifa has been received death threats, including having her head cut off for doing porn
v5Er TIL of Food For The Poor, a charity organization who gives over 95% of their proceeds to the poor, who’s CEO’s name is Robin Mahfood.
vRjr TIL in 2002, Sega’s president donated all ~$695 million of his own company stock to save Sega from going bankrupt due to the Dreamcast; he died shortly afterwards.