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TIL the Missing Link of the human race has been found and is no longer missing

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XGEj TIL In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
R7WR9 TIL of the Nepalese Royal Family Massacre. Nine members of the royal family, including the king, were murdered by the crown prince, who then killed himself.
JY9R4 TIL that men receive 63% longer jail sentences on average than women do and women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted for the same crime.
ANL7a TIL hippos can defecate into rivers so much that their feces builds up and kills fish through hypoxia, or lack of oxygen. In the Mara River, about 4,000 hippos poop out more than 9 tons of dung each day. Hippo feces also leaves behind chemicals such as ammonium and sulfide, which is harmful to fish.
oBkOR TIL that during WW2 the US fielded a unique 'Ghost Army' in order to deceive the Third Reich into over estimating the strength of the Allied forces. The Ghost Army consisted of 1,100 handpicked men and a number of phony inflatable tanks and weapons.