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TIL The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.

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8MX8 TIL Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind Braille perfected it when he was just 15
VMYwk TIL Arizona has a law called the “Stupid Motorist Law” that allows the state to charge drivers for their rescue if they ignore barricades and get stuck in flooded roadways
BV7L TIL during the Iraq war, the US military was in the habit of leaving items such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition laying about, and then when an Iraqi came upon it, they were considered fair game to be killed if they attempted to leave with the goods. This was called ‘baiting’.
Ka1R TIL of Oscar the Cat who predicted when people in his nursing home were about to die with such accuracy that staff would call relatives.
rROgw TIL that Retta, Parks and Rec's Donna Meagle, is the niece of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's first female President and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.