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TIL if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs arrived just 30 seconds later, it would have landed in deep ocean water which would have absorbed much of the force of the impact. The resulting extinction would have been less severe, many dinosaur species would have survived, and humans would not exist

oEvA TIL After the Siege of Leningrad was broken, the Soviets wanted to prosecute those who had resorted to cannibalism. However, so many were accused (over two thousand) that the NKVD had to divide them into two groups; ‘corpse-eating’ and 'person-eating’. The former were jailed, that later were shot
KO9A6 TIL Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti released an album titled "Zombie" in 1976 that criticized the Nigerian government. As result, they murdered his mother and destroyed his commune.
KYroa TIL: the guy that created Wonder Woman was a psychologist that helped invent the polygrah machine, which is why Wonder Woman has the Lasso of Truth. He also believed women were emotionally superior to men and that the U.S. would one day be a matriarchy.
QN9ga TIL a gamergate is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually by laying fertilized eggs that will develop as females. There are 100–200 different species in which gamergates reproduce (roughly 1% of all ants) and in some species the queen caste has been completely replaced by gamergates
nePyW TIL about Young Tom Morris, a Scottish professional golfer. He is considered one of the pioneers of professional golf. He won four consecutive titles in the Open Championship, an unmatched feat, and did this by the age of 21. He died on Christmas Day, 1875, aged 24.