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TIL that archaeologists have found the remains of what appears to be a family group of 12 Neanderthals in Spain who were killed, butchered, and cannibalized by other humans about 42 000 years ago.

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4XVXb TIL when hedge fund manager Eddie Lambert merged Sears and Kmart into one company he was hailed as the next Warren Buffett, capable of turning around struggling businesses. Today he is blamed for running Sears and Kmart into the ground
7rkXp TIL about Continuum, a pseudoscientific magazine that denied the existence of HIV/AIDS. It ran from 1992 until 2001 and ceased publication because the editors had died of AIDS-defining clinical conditions.
BrxkL TIL that Montana is the only US state to allow two people to marry each other without either of them being physically present at the wedding
yG7M TIL Doritos were created at Disneyland in an attempt to use up old tortillas that would otherwise be thrown out.
DkAj Today I learned that the title for Egyptian proctologists literally translates to “shepherd of the anus.”