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TIL: There was another species of human recently found.

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Eg457 TIL in 2002 Fentanyl was used to end the hostage crisis in the Moscow Theater
6wlm TIL that Martin Seligman proved that people with a pessimistic explanatory style are more likely to develop depression. He also proved that, with some work, people can teach themselves a more optimistic explanatory style.
D1wee TIL Chess is banned at Russian research stations in Antarctica. This is because, in 1959, 2 scientists at Vostok Station were playing a game of chess, and the loser snapped and murdered his opponent with an axe.
Zn7G TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission
YpgMx TIL that 620 million years ago there were only 21.9 hours in a day, and 400 days in a year.