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TIL Neolithic Age humans performed successful brain surgery.

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Yp8gG TIL In the 1990s, an issue of the popular The Amazing Spider-Man that sold around 70,000 would be considered a failure. These days, what counts as a successful superhero book is anything that can sell a regular 40-60,000 copies. Most sell quite a bit less.
oJEY TIL all mammals have roughly the same number of heartbeats independent of lifespan, about 1 billion.
woZB8 TIL in the US, 80% of receipts at major store chains contain "toxic" chemicals
XEJOk TIL One of the most inaccurately named men in history was Charles Coward. While in German captivity, he traded clothes with a Jewish inmate so that he could report to the British on what was happening in Auschwitz, and he later testified in Nuremberg.
M7GrB TIL Aqua Teen Hunger Force caused a bomb scare in 3 different cities, including Boston