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0j9L TIL all humanity has a common (8000x) grandmother. An African woman who lived 200,000 years ago is the common maternal ancestor of all humans alive today.
l7lnK TIL meticulous records were kept of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1392 to 1865. One example of the contents is when King Taejong fell from a horse and immediately told those around him not to let a recorder know about it. Both his fall, and the subsequent command were recorded.
loWLA Today I learned that there's evidence showing that video games can lead to improvement in attention span, vision, and pattern recognition.
Z81RY TIL Baghdad possessed the world's largest book collection in the 9th century. By the 10th century, the city had become the largest city in the world surpassing even Constantinople with an estimated population between 1.2 million and 2 million.
Wk189 TIL 25 years after its release, Mariah Carey still earns around $3,300,000 a year in royalties alone for her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You"