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TIL Homo floresiensis is a group of hominids found on the island of Flores in Indonesia; there is debate over whether this was its own species or a population of Homo sapiens suffering from a form of dwarfism.

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awWBM TIL Research shows that 'laziness' contributed to Homo-Erectus dying out. They used the 'least-effort strategies' for making tools and collecting resources.
5YbGr TIL Costco’s Chief Operations Officer once told co-founder Jim Sinegal they needed to raise the price of their $1.50 hotdog-soda combo. Jim responded “If you raise the effing hot dog, I’ll kill you. Figure it out.” Costco ended up building its own hot dog-manufacturing plant to keep the prices low.
M7AXa TIL about Lake Vostok, an Antarctic subglacial lake kept liquid at -3 degrees Celsius due to the sheer pressure of the 4000 meters thick ice sheet above it. Having been isolated for around 25 million years, the lake is said to hold clues about potential extraterrestial life on the icy moon Europa
NKW6 TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep from the 90s, was named after Dolly Parton because the sheep was cloned from the cell of a mammary gland and the scientist thought the person most synonymous with mammary glands was Dolly Parton.
r64w TIL of Bile Bears which are cruelly “milked” for their liver bile regularly, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. The bears are stored in cages so small that the bears are unable to turn around or stand for up to 30 years. Most bears eventually die from malignant tumours or starvation.