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TIL Neanderthals suffered a high rate of traumatic injury with 79–94% of Neanderthal specimens showing evidence of healed major trauma from frequent animal attacks.

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o9Gr TIL Norwegians consume the most cognac in the world, per person, in relation to the population (5 million)
wxO6 TIL that Jeff Daniels only earned $50K for Dumb and Dumber compared to Jim Carrey’s $7Mil.
0wmdA TIL during the 1993 Yukon Quest sled dog race, musher Jeff Mann killed a moose with an axe after it attacked him and his dog team.
oB478 TIL in 2004 French police discovered an underground cinema that had been built in secret beneath the Paris catacombs. When they returned to it three days later, they found a note reading “Do not try to find us”.
kJYWd TIL Men’s brains change with fatherhood