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TIL: Trepanation is one of the oldest surgical procedures (if not the oldest) we have archaeological evidence for, dating back to 7,000–10,000 years ago.

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D1k8r TIL about the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt were denied from participating. They then decided to start drinking. When they were reinstated, they drove drunk, broke the average speed record and won the race!
XEQ46 TIL 'right of the first night' allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women is considered a myth and was never common anywhere in Europe
GogQ TIL Dog The Bounty Hunter has 12 children, 4 ex-wives (1 named La Fonda), and a murder conviction.
oBnP8 TIL Most cities hit during the 2011 tsunami in Japan [which caused the Fukushima disaster] were built well below hundreds of ancient stone markers warning not to build below that level
GYGmg TIL that there is a place on Earth known as “Point Nemo” that is so far away from any island or mainland that the closest people to that point are actually the astronauts on the International Space Station.