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TIL One in four adults plays sports.

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D1BxD TIL scientists found Bees Wax fillings, one of the earliest known forms of dentistry, in Neolithic teeth from 6,500 years ago. The jawbone was discovered in 1911 but nobody noticed the fillings until recently.
wLGR1 TIL of Malchik, a stray dog that made a Moscow train station his home, acting as the resident guard dog. In 2001, a woman fatally wounded Malchik, stabbing him multiple times with a kitchen knife. The woman was arrested and tried. A statue, named "Compassion", was erected in honour of Malchik.
gg6W TIL that there are fossilized forests with more than 300 ft tall (100 meters) trees in argentina that have been buried in ash for 150 million years
WX8d TIL Justice Clarence Thomas has only spoken one time in the last eight years during oral arguments in the Supreme Court. The one time he spoke was to crack a joke on Yale college.
GAYj7 TIL Neanderthals sailed the Mediterranean. Stone tools, of the kind made by Neanderthals, were found in areas that were known to be distant islands at the time.