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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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d0j TIL the largest waterfall on Earth is actually under the ocean.
x65eD TIL In 2011, Toyota announced that, through a public voting campaign, the plural of Prius is Prii, pronounced "pree-eye".
PY1pw "Snow leopards are relics of the ice ages, adapted to extreme cold, to blizzards and vertical slopes, and are rarely seen below 6,000 feet. Their pelts are smoky white with ashy rosettes. Their eyes, sliced by vertical feline pupils, are the color of hoar frost. Half of their six-foot-long bodies consists of a magnificent tail: a thick, furry balancing rod for a cat that can leap 30 feet through the air."
rB7o TIL A tall person on average annually makes $789 more per inch than a shorter person
wndY TIL Samuel L. Jackson requested his lightsaber be purple so he could find himself among hundreds of green and blue sabers.