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TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system

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Br9VL TIL about a skull mounted on a stake 8000 years ago in Sweden. The skull belonged to a hunter gatherer who was reconstructed and nicknamed "Ludvig". During life, his hair is likely styled and cut using flint tools and required help from another person.
epdbL TIL that 20% of scientific genetics research papers have errors due to Microsoft Excel's auto-formatting of gene names into dates
KgxJ TIL Columbus reported the natives “are so naive and so free with their possessions…they offer to share with anyone…” so he could take “as many slaves as [his Majesties] ask.”
9OKB TIL the idiom “Jack of all trades, master of none” translates to Lithuanian as “It is impossible to shit in every bush.”
exE5 TIL a mental hospital once challenged a psychologist to send in fake patients, who they would then identify. In a week when 193 patients were admitted, the hospital identified 41 imposters. It was later revealed that the psychologist sent no one at all.