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TIL: Cavemen had tattoos. Ötzi the Iceman from 3250 B.C. had 61 tattoos across his body.

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P1Lpw TIL that Deltora Quest, the Children's Fantasy Books by Australian Writer Emily Rodda, Has Its Own Anime, Which Started Airing 2 Years After the Series Ended, from 2007-2008, and has 13 Episodes of Original Content Not Found in the Books. It Even Spawned a Nintendo DS Game, Released Only in Japan.
awNZM TIL that Sea Spiders breathe mostly through their legs. They are exclusively marine, are more diverse and larger in size in Antarctic waters than anywhere else and have survived all mass extinctions since their first appearance in the fossil record 480 Million years ago.
NX0L6 TIL that American country, bluegrass and folk has significant influence from the Ulster Scots (or Scots-Irish) that migrated from what is now Northern Ireland to the Appalachian region. Their contribution to this genre is particularly evident in the use of the fiddle, banjo, and dulcimer.
PpdE TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim. TIL African-American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than white children.
8eKA8 TIL the Gestapo compiled a "Black Book" listing prominent residents of Great Britain to be rounded up after a successful invasion. In addition to obvious names like Churchill, the Nazis set their sights on Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf.