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TIL About 10,000 years ago all humans had brown eyes.

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GyMj TIL Someone created a list that cross references biblical verses that contradict each other, plus much more.
jg7R TIL when John F. Kennedy met Joseph Luns, the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kennedy asked for his hobbies and he answered: “I fok horses”, Kennedy, struck with surprise responded: “Pardon?”, Luns replied: “Yes, paarden!”. ‘Fokken’ means 'to breed’, and 'horses’ means 'paarden’ in Dutch
MWDA TIL English accounts for about 52% of the Internet
d8aQj TIL that Tolkien never once describes the elves as having pointed ears.
vZKj TIL there is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulfide as skeletal material.