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TIL The slipping on a banana peel gag was originated using the now extinct Big Mike banana, whose peel was actually slippery

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R5aE6 TIL human jaws have been shrinking since the invention of farming, but have shrunk even faster in the past couple of centuries due to people eating softer food and spending more time indoors.
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