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TIL that the US can legally invade the Netherlands to liberate anyone held by the International Criminal Court

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4XMDN TIL imitation vanilla is made out of "brown slime" that come from a beaver's anus
grKLL TIL Paleolithic peoples suffered less famine and malnutrition than the early farming communities that came after them, because Paleolithic hunter-gatherers accessed a wider variety of natural foods, which allowed them a more nutritious diet and a decreased risk of famine.
wLv4M TIL it is thought that the genes for light skin appeared in Anatolia (the westernmost protrusion of Asia) by about 8,500 years ago, & only became widespread in Europe by about 5,000 years ago.
e018n TIL Richard Linklater, director of Dazed and Confused, wrote a long first draft in about a month. He never made a penny off anything to do with it because he waived most of his rights to pay for the soundtrack
9wP7B TIL that in Argentina, where the Parana river forms its delta, there is a perfect shaped circular island (with a diameter of 120 meters), which can float freely around its axis, thus changing frequently its position