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TIL cigarette filters are printed to look like cork.
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Researchers in Sweden have uncovered evidence of a behaviour never seen before in ancient hunter-gatherers: the mounting of decapitated heads onto stakes. The grim discovery challenges our understanding of European Mesolithic culture and how these early humans handled their dead.
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TIL that the guy who invented the sewing machine had 26 kids with two wives and three mistresses. After he was arrested for bigamy, he fled to England. When he died, his family split his $13M fortune, except for his son William who testified against him in his divorce. William inherited $500.
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TIL given a choice between alcohol-soaked food and normal food, male fruit flies that have recently been sexually-rejected by females will consume four times more alcohol-soaked food than the males that mated successfully.
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TIL extras from Planet of the Apes self-segregated during breaks and would only spend time with those wearing costumes of the same species.
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TIL CO2 bonds with the moisture in your nose creating carbonic acid. That's why it burns when you burp after drinking a soda.