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TIL that Neanderthals are often depicted as degenerate because the first skeleton found happened to have arthritis.

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NXbLM TIL the album "A Christmas Gift For You" was released on Nov 22, 1963 - the same day JFK was assassinated - which led to the album’s low sales. After being reissued in 1972, the album started gaining popularity, and in 2019, it was ranked as the greatest Christmas album of all time by Rolling Stone.
LkR09 TIL the worst record in MLB history belongs to the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, for losses (134) and winning percentage (.130). They were so bad that opponents refused to visit their park, forcing Cleveland to play 112 of 154 games on the road, leading to an impossible-to-break record of 101 road losses.
yJ8V TIL Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart live in the same building and ride to work together.
QNnZE TIL of An open air school in 1957, Netherlands. ⁣In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.
jkBv TIL There was a Doctor in Detroit who falsely diagnosed his patients with cancer so he can profit off their chemotherapy to fuel his opulent lifestyle.