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TIL that the cave art in European caves was made by Neandertals and not by early humans

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Wk7yL Today I learned Marty Funkhouser (Super Dave Osborne) is Albert Brooks older brother
RkO7 TIL that there is a hidden spy room at an AT&T building in downtown San Francisco that splits all incoming communications traffic, copying this information to the NSA. This room has been operational since at least 2003 and has been publicly known to exist since 2006.
QNoQk TIL Benjamin Franklin’s son, William, was the leader of the British Loyalists during the Revolutionary War and spent the remainder of his life in exile in London after the British defeat
b6EB7 TIL Fleece Johnson 'Booty Warrior' is out of prison and he published a book about his life
XE7RX TIL Steve Martin's first job was at Disneyland. He frequented the Main Street Magic shop and demonstrated tricks to potential customers. He was captured in the background of a home movie that was made into the short film Disneyland Dream, incidentally becoming his first film appearance.