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TIL Scientists found cancer in a 1.7 million year old foot bone and a 2 million year old spine from two ancient hominin specimens in South Africa. Before these finds, the oldest dated cancer in a human was only 120,000 years old.

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nenrP TIL That in 2017 a conservative estimate of a 100 million sharks were killed by humans, while only 5 humans were killed by unprovoked shark attacks
8aPlb TIL that Ahmed Best, the actor who played Jar-Jar Binks, considered suicide after the backlash and hatred for the character
OQYa TIL Although Wal-Mart made $15.7 Billion last year, they are asking for Thanksgiving donations for underpaid employees.
Brj4d TIL: When model/actress Brooke Shields was 10, photographer Garry Gross, with her mom's consent, took nude photos of her in a bathtub wearing adult makeup and covered in oil, and rights to said photos were contested in court.
D1b1r TIL 2 brothers were filming a documentary about a probationary New York Fire Fighter in 2001. They went on a routine call to check for a gas leak on 9/11 and ended up being the only camera to film the first crash. They followed the FDNY into the Twin Towers and survived.