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TIL the discovery of a megalithic site known as Göbekli Tepe is changing our understanding of human capability during one of humanities most crucial stages of development, as it was built 5000 years before the first known major civilization.

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Br0Eb TIL that usually when the first trailer of a movie drops, all the visual effects are pretty much the only effects that have been completed up until that point.
xooB TIL Black Women account for 72% of all new HIV cases
jNV7M TIL of the Wave of Death. When drivers inadvertently wave pedestrians into harm's way when forgoing their right of way out of politeness.
QMyM TIL there is a parasite that can only reproduce inside the stomach of cats. When it’s excreted in feces and eaten by a rat, the parasite rewires the rat’s brain to be attracted to cats. This same effect can occur in humans and is thought to be a reason behind the stereotypical crazy cat person.
vWnD TIL that police investigators spent years chasing the “Phantom of Heilbronn,” a female serial killer whose DNA was found at dozens of crime scenes. Investigators finally discovered that the DNA belonged to a factory worker who made the cotton swabs used to collect DNA samples.