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TIL that the oldest archaeological evidence of copper mining and working was the discovery of a copper pendant in northern Iraq from 8,700 BCE.

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woVeo TIL that the term 'making love' meant flirtation or verbal protestation of love and devotion since its inception in the 1590s up to the early 1900s
16MB8 TIL Chuck Berry was incarcerated for more than a year at Springfield's federal prison. He used his time behind bars to study business and wrote several songs including "Nadine" and “No Particular Place to Go”
p86AZ A video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has resurfaced on Twitter. Though the account calls the method “Vedic multiplying,” its real origins aren’t clear—sometimes it’s Japanese, sometimes it’s Chinese, sometimes it’s called line or stick multiplication.
KGra TIL that many personal checks written by Marlon Brando were often never cashed as his signature was usually worth more than the amount on the check.
BrRJy TIL about the joke behind NASA's Juno mission. While Jupiter's moons are named after the god's many mistresses, Juno, the space probe sent to orbit and monitor Jupiter, is named after his wife.