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TIL A 9,000 Year Old Skeleton Was Found in a Cave in Cheddar, England Known As Cheddar Man. When CM’s DNA was tested a Living Relative Was Found Teaching School Half a Mile Away, Linking Back 300 Generations

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woydo TIL in 1940 the German invasion plans for France were discovered after a military plane got lost and crash-landed in Belgium. The Allies moved troops to counter the plans and were caught by surprise when they were changed.
4owR TIL The FBI can wiretap almost anything with the click of a button using DCSNet.
rRnAM TIL of heat death, where the universe will eventually turn into a cold void with no interactions between particles, its ultimate death
R75o7 TIL the tendency of people to focus on bad events and memories more than good ones (even when there is more good than bad) is because it could have an evolutionary basis related to survival, where attention is higher on possible bad outcomes than the good
DjAe TIL that because of “Hollywood accounting,” Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix lost money, despite being in one of the highest grossing film franchises.