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TIL "Wakanda" is the supreme being from American Indian mythology

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o5N7 TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about
gr1m8 TIL humans have smaller jaws and bigger brains than our primate forebears because of a mutation in the MYH16 gene. The jaw muscles are made smaller and weaker as a result of the gene mutation, which lessens the force applied to the skull, which can expand, letting the brain grow bigger.
Rmv7 TIL that Pears and Almonds are members of the rose family.
OnN4 TIL Bill Waterson based Calvin off of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes and based Hobbes off of theologian John Calvin.
oKPK TIL regular condoms are too big for men of ALL nationalities.. not just Indian men as the 2006 BBC News article says