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TIL Earth's oldest land ecosystem was spotted in South African rock cores

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WkA4A TIL 48% of adults are still afraid of the dark and make significant changes to their behavior to avoid it.
8eyZ4 TIL the 1st US Congress proposed 12 amendments to constitution. 10 were ratified as the Bill of Rights and another was ratified in 1992. The twelfth, The Congressional Apportionment Amendment, is still eligible to be ratified and would increase the House of Representatives to over 1,700 members.
7dL7 TIL that in 2009, a 17-year old runaway girl was admitted to a hospital and found to have rabies antibodies in her blood. After two weeks she was discharged and disappeared entirely. She is the first person ever known to have survived rabies with no intensive care.
76Lp TIL it is illegal for employers to prohibit employees from discussing their salary with coworkers
Kr86 TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built.