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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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QNENd TIL There is a controversial theory that the Phoenicians discovered the Americas over 1000 years before Leif Erikson in 1st millennium BC
OjPL TIL of actor William Haines (1900–1973), who quit acting in 1935 when his studio employer, MGM, tried to pressure him into ending his relationship with his male partner and entering into a “lavender marriage” to hide his homosexuality. Instead, the two started a successful interior design business.
neAgP TIL the UAE has experimented with literal rainmaking since 2011, called cloud seeding, attempting to increase its sparse average rainfall and decrease its hot summer temperatures. Drones add silver iodide and electrical charges to existing clouds to clump them together and increase precipitation.
LPXr TIL that the notch in the heel of men’s dress shoes is to prevent your heel from getting caught on your pants’ cuffs. It’s called the ‘Gentleman’s Notch’.
R7XL4 TIL 'Big Bird' has a mexican cousin called 'Abelardo Montoya', who was the main character of Mexico's version of Plaza Sésamo. Later many countries created their own versions, all Big Bird's cousins.