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TIL that hominids have probably been seagoing (on rafts) since before humans even existed

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gMaXL TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
J1VA1 TIL about KMBC-TV news anchor Christine Craft who was removed from the anchor position in August 1981 after a focus group had determined she was "too old, too unattractive and wouldn't defer to men." Craft filed a Title VII lawsuit against Metromedia in which she won but later overturned on appeal.
rJBo TIL the 1913 Tour de France rules forbade outside assistance when riders’ bicycles broke.At one point,the race leader’s front fork broke and he trekked 10km to a forge where he repaired it himself,as he happened to also be a skilled mechanic.He was penalized 10 min because a child worked the bellows
ywoa TIL there is a salt dumping ground in Germany that has formed an actual mountain and is poisoning the surrounding environment.
ZLmR TIL that after being shot twice by Leon Czolgosz, US President William McKinley told the artillery soldiers who were beating on Czolgosz to “Go easy on him boys.”