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TIL Quokkas don't really throw their babies at predators
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TIL That Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes had, in his long lifetime, shaken hands with John Quincy Adams (b. 1767) and John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
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TIL that the most powerful pirate lord in the 19th century was a Chinese prostitute named Ching Shih. She commandeered over 1800 ships and gained her success by being shrewd and maintaining strict rules.
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TIL JP Morgan has paid $36 billion for dozens of frauds, over the last 5 years.
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TIL Aegis is a shield carried by Zeus and Athena. That's why we say "under someone's aegis", which means doing something under the protection.
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Researchers in Sweden have uncovered evidence of a behaviour never seen before in ancient hunter-gatherers: the mounting of decapitated heads onto stakes. The grim discovery challenges our understanding of European Mesolithic culture and how these early humans handled their dead.