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TIL Human Evolution solves the same problem in different ways. Native Early peoples adapted to high altitudes differently: In the Andes, their hearts got stronger, in Tibet their blood carries oxygen more efficiently.

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VMBX0 TIL a little too much about the curious case of Chris Chan.
9RWM TIL French Emperor Napoleon wore poison around his neck in case he was captured. When he finally was captured he tried to use it to kill himself, but it had lost its strength and only made him violently ill.
mxZgp TIL During the 2015 active shooter at the Navy facility in Chattanooga, TN, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, one of four slain Marines, directed his junior troops to clear a nearby neighborhood park that was packed with children. They rounded up all of the children and hunkered down in a building nearby.
4RJa TIL that Genghis Khan set up an institution to ensure complete religious freedom in the Mongol empire.
oBgbo TIL that France's longest border (730km/450mi) isn't with any European nation, but actually with Brazil in South America!