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TIL that our ancestors lived along with 3 other branches of humanoid races. One of them still unknown.

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69lvQ TIL that Robinson, the designer of Mount Rushmore, initially wanted to sculpt the likenesses of Western heroes like Oglala Lakota leader of Red Cloud, the explorers Lewis and Clark, and Buffalo Bill Cody into stones pinnacles next to the current location of the monument
8LRL TIL that Austria acquired 15 fighter jets but can’t afford to run them, nor employ enough pilots.
WkPZY TIL in Russia, the name "Plyushkin" is applied to people who collect and amass various useless things. The word comes from fictional character Stepan Plyushkin who orders one of his serfs to find a cake that a visitor brought several years ago, scrape off the mold, and bring it to them.
xxrD TIL that movie theater Popcorn costs more per ounce than Fillet Mignon, the price of Popcorn is more than 1200% higher than its production costs.
e6PE TIL the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the titanic) was the only merchant vessel in WW1 to sink an enemy u-boat. It rammed it despite having the speed to steam out of range of the sub.