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TIL that a viking-age human turd is being displayed at a museum in England

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JYDjj TIl that in April of 2019, researchers on the island of Luzon, Phillipines, discovered a new extinct species of homonoids named Homo Luzonensis. This discovery marks the third time in the last 15 years that unexpected ancient human activity has been discovered in Southeast Asia.
9wbvr TIL Chinese film Director Hu bo killed himself shortly after completing his first feature film 'An Elephant Sitting Still' because of the stress created by producers to reduce the runtime of the movie which was almost 4 hours long.
761L TIL when Mao Zedong received Nikita Khrushchev for a state visit in 1958, he had figured out Khrushchev could not swim. Mao, who loved swimming, decided to hold the meeting in his private swimming pool, forcing Khrushchev to wear floaties while they talked.
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VWGD TIL One third of the world’s population has never made a telephone call.