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TIL :Life expectancy at birth averaged only about 10 years for most of human history.

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ADyvB TIL American muffins are actually individual "quickbreads" or oil cakes (like zucchini bread), making them essentially cupcakes. English muffins are griddled flatbreads, which is why they are chemically and nutritionally more similar to pita or pizza than to American muffins.
M7Ye7 TIL about the Hand of Glory, an old European custom of taking the left hand of a person hanged for murder for use in various magical purposes.
8alAa TIL: Ed O'Neil has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it's in front of a shoe store.
MeWMa TIL in 2013 a Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius and the slogan "I am the bullet in the chamber" was pulled from Pistorius' site after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend.
6odW TIL Taking it in turns to pay for meals makes you happier than splitting the bill