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TIL 99% of human history happened in prehistory (before the invention of writing). It’s the longest period of human history, lasting for 3.4 million years

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e0Q6J TIL that Quentin Tarantino wants to quit directing around the age of 60 because he doesn't "want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies who doesn’t know when to leave the party." He is now 57.
QQyE TIL females have spontaneous swelling of the clitoris during sleep or when waking up, which is equivalent to morning wood in males.
4kX05 TIL when Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1996, Jones said: "Well, what can I say in the face of such humiliating evidence? I stand guilty before the world of directing over 300 cartoons in the last 50 or 60 years. Hopefully, this means you've forgiven me."
v1AXB TIL: After the 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral fire, the video game Assassin’s Creed: Unity helped restoration efforts due to the highly detailed in-game model of the the Cathedral.
vPNM8 TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci played a significant role in the founding of modern paleontology