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TIL Japanese Death Row Inmates Are Not Told Their Date of Execution. They Wake Each Day Wondering if Today May Be Their Last.

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XrRE TIL There is a theory that Homo erectus could have never evolved without cooking. I.e. that cooking is what made us human.
kOVyg TIL about Peto's Paradox, a paradoxical observation stating that contrary to what you would think, larger organism have lower rates of cancer than do smaller ones.
GY8dQ TIL- apples are not indigenous to North America, nor most of Europe. They originated in Kazakhstan, in central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. The capital of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata, means “full of apples.” By 1500 BC apple seeds had been carried throughout Europe
4XZKo TIL Ghislaine Maxwell wants to get moved into the general population at The Metropolitan Detention Center, she said solitary confinement is taking a toll on her.
GJaJ TIL the lyrics of the no. 1 singles on the Billboard charts over the past 10 years average at a third-grade reading level.