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TIL some of the first cave art was of overly exaggerated nude woman so basically cave porn

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E1Kkd TIL The "Mensch of Malden Mills" could have retired when his textile factory burned down. Instead he paid employees for 60 days and rebuilt the factory in the same place. When asked about his decision, he replied: "And what would I do with it? Eat more? Buy another suit? Retire and die?"
R7mj8 TIL in 1928 a mail plane crashed into Georgia's Stone Mountain. The pilot not only survived the crash, but manually picked up the mail and descended the mountain himself.
dDMKj TIL With grad student Raymond Gosling, Rosalind Franklin is most known for a "B" form photograph of DNA only visible after about 100 hours of exposure to x-ray. Photo 51 is often referred to as one of the most important photos ever taken as it led to a greater understanding of DNA
KOAg4 TIL that archaeologists discovered an ancient 'meme' in Turkey. In 2012 during excavation work which revealed a 2000-year-old mosaic, which features a chill skeleton reclining with bread and wine next to the inscription "Be cheerful, live your life".
4bgb TIL that earwax plugs from whales can be used to determine their age, much like tree rings. In 2013 a study examined a foot-long earwax plug from a blue whale to also determine when it was exposed to certain chemicals in the environment.