Post * AN8Yn — Curious Curator

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TIL that humans were present in the Philippines as early as 709,000 years ago, based on stone tools and butchered rhinoceros bones found in Kalinga, Luzon making it one of the oldest known human activity sites in Southeast Asia.

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VBJD4 TIL that men had to fight for the right to be topless, as men's nipples were taboo like women's, and were only given the legal freedom to display their nipples in public in 1936.

aGYo TIL a Queen’s University Professor was “‘banned’” from his own class and pushed to an early retirement when he used racial slurs while “he was quoting from books and articles on racism,” after complaints were lodged by a TA in Gender Studies and from other students.

vPbGx TIL Madonna turned down a role in The Matrix, one of the biggest regrets of her career

kVg1 TIL the Epicyon was a prehistoric dog roughly the same size as lion.

0lMp TIL Gunsmoke, the longest running television series of the 20th century, was cancelled so abruptly that CBS didn’t even bother to tell the cast and crew. They read about it in trade publications the next day.