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TIL that Hunter Gatherers experienced far more leisure time and far fewer hours of work than members of modern industrial society

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7wD7 TIL that the Denver police uses a Smelloscope to find pot smokers that don’t comply with the Denver “odour ordinance”
5aPD TIL that we are living in the 6th Extinction Event and that humans are credited with causing it.
nWNEd TIL about Juan Pujol García, a Spanish double agent who earned awards of distinction from both the Allies and the Axis during World War II
7r4OM TIL that the FDA has no food regulation powers and that a lot of food produced in America has to have a healthier version made to be sellable in other countries: other markets have a “prove it’s safe or you can’t sell it” policy whereas America uses the “we say it’s safe, prove it’s not” model.
WvgX TIL that in World War I, Charles de Gaulle would crawl up to German trenches under the cover of darkness and listen in on conversations, gathering vital intelligence.