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TIL humans are the only ones among all primates with chins

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bgK9 TIL that more than 70% of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, and in some areas, it’s closer to 80%.
VyQ0 TIL cracking your knuckle joints doesn’t give you arthritis. Dr Donald Unger cracked the knuckles on his left hand, twice a day for 50 years but not on his right hand. He proved his mother wrong and received the Ig Nobel Prize for his research
WkmGo TIL in 1992, Bosnian sportsman Aleksandar Đurić was invited to compete in canoeing at the Barcelona Olympics. The Bosnian Olympic Committee couldn't afford to pay for his travel, so he hitch-hiked his way over 1500 km, including a 2 day trek, and borrowed equipment from the Spanish and Italian teams
mxA6o TIL in January 2021, a human foot found in a field in Gatesfield, England, turned out to be a potato.
e0PP5 TIL 22 Americans fought off 500 Nazi paratroopers for almost an entire day. After the war, they learned they'd put an entire Panzer Division hours behind schedule during the Battle of the Bulge.