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TIL There is a theory that Homo erectus could have never evolved without cooking. I.e. that cooking is what made us human.

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YElB TIL That Punk’d was originally called Harassment and aimed at regular people. It was re-tooled after a couple sued for 10 million dollars after a prank with a fake dead body backfired
6EAxQ TIL former NFL player Warrick Dunn raised his five siblings while attending college and then playing in the NFL, after his mom, a police officer, was shot dead while he was in high school. He built 145 houses for single moms, and also met and forgave the man who was convicted of killing his mother.
jNAxn TIL: Ethiopia is several years behind the rest of the world. Since the religious country is so strongly influenced by the Coptic Orthodox Church, it still adheres to the traditional calendar of that church, which is seven years behind the rest of the world. Currently it's November 2011 there.
VBrGZ TIL that during the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, NBC cut out the tribute to the London 7/7 bombing victims
a88dL TIL that Michael Phelps first competed in the Olympics in 2000 when he was just 15 years old, making him the youngest male to qualify for a US Olympic swim team in 68 years.