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TIL its been estimated that humans have been riding horses for over 3,000 years

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0EXR TIL the CEO of Lifelock, had his identity stolen 13 times after posting his real Social Security No. The company was sued by Experian for placing false fraud alerts on clients, thus keeping LifeLock clients’ files in a constant state of alert. They also were fined $12 million for false advertising.
ANw7w TIL that France's A and B soccer squads got rocked by Denmark at the 1908 Olympics
5oeB TIL Cinnamon can prevent mold growth. Scientists have created cinnamon-based packaging that can prevent mold in bread in other baked goods.
AN6j4 TIL Pheasant Island located between Hendaye in France and Irún in Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. This small piece of land, a mere 5,000 square meters in size is fascinating result of historical treaties.
ZpDda TIL that scientists believe the earliest known ancestor of humans (and many others), Saccorhytus, was about a millimeter in size and lived between grains of sand on the ocean floor 540 million years ago. It also had a very large mouth, but surprisingly no anus