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TIL the oldest known human grave in Africa was a 3 year old child found in Panga ya Saidi cave buried 78,000 years ago.

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aowA TIL the US military once tried to build a radar detector-detector-detector detector in order to detect radar detector-detector-detectors, whose main purpose is to detect a radar detector detector, which were built to alert police to someone using an illegal radar detector
dDDNZ TIL the first indoor mall in the US was opened in 1955 in Wisconsin
nWLb TIL the Space Jam sound track went sextuple platinum, and the movie grossed over $230,000,000
p8gw8 TIL that a cape made of Madagascar Golden Orb spider silk went on display in 2012 at the London V&A museum. 1.2 million spiders provided the silk and it took 8 years to create.
kJPed TIL the pearlfish can live inside a sea cucumber's anus when it dilates to breathe. They also eat the gonads, along with other organs. Sometimes 5 or more can be in one sea cucumber.