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TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.

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BpZd TIL that in 1986 the dictator of the Philippines, Marcos, held an election to prove the peoples’ love of him, and then proceeded to lose that election
vPKpj TIL that the shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar, lasting only 38 minutes on August 27, 1896, after the British attacked and destroyed the Zanzibar royal palace.
KElE TIL if you polish an ancient sword that’s been used in battle, even a 2000 year old sword, it literally bleeds out the blood of the people it’s been used on, which “smells like a steak cooking”.
ZlDG TIL Jan 1st 1953 a woman changed her name to Peace Pilgrim “to remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace”. She’d walk until given shelter, fast until given food, without asking, it was given. She died in a car crash in July 1981 from a lift to a speaking engagement
awEpN TIL that an $80M inheritance left to a dog (Gunther III) has grown to over $400M and left to his son Gunther IV