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TIL That the reason some of us are early larks and some of us are night owls is down to our ancestors. Staggered sleeping patterns would have been an advantage in the distant past, when we lived in groups and needed someone to look out for wild beasts

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pYol8 TIL that in 12th-century England, two children with green skin mysteriously appeared in the village of Woolpit. They spoke an unknown language and claimed to be from an entirely green world called St Martin's Land. It is thought to be the worlds first sci-fi folk tale.
5VZB TIL that Thomas Edison said he would give Nikola Tesla 50,000 dollars if he could redesign Edison’s inefficient motors. Tesla did this, but Edison told him it was a joke afterwards, crushing Tesla.
mbZM TIL in 2006 a schoolboy in England realeased a balloon with a note, it traveled 240kms, landing in then Prime Minister Tony Blair’s holiday home garden, who sent it back with a letter.
a8VXL TIL that Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft and famous for his exuberant personality, shouted so much that he had to get surgery for his vocal cord.
PYlnJ TIL The word "vanilla" has a root going back to Latin word "vagina," meaning "sheath," which describes the shape of vanilla pods.