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TIL that inhabitants of Machu Picchu were immigrants from different parts of the Inca empire, as bone damage indicate infection of parasites indigenous to different areas of Peru.

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kJvB5 TIL the 145m year old araucaria araucana (or monkey puzzle tree) has survived mass extinctions and ice ages, but is currently endangered
5YV4n TIL almost all cattle is descended from only 80 aurochs tamed in northern Mesopotamia about 10,000 years ago
5Mer TIL in 1982 drug dealers in California tried to synthesize heroin more cheaply, and accidentally created a substance that gave users late stage Parkinson’s disease in a matter of days.
woOx6 TIL: the first "Earthrise" photo was black and white. Taken before the famous color picture
KOmd4 TIL actor Ed Helms had open-heart surgery at age 13 to correct a severe congenital heart defect, which he described as supravalvular aortic and pulmonic stenosis. His surgery lasted nine hours and he was kept in intensive care unit for one week after