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TIL Ann Hodges was hit and injured by a meteorite, the only person so known

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VMWNm TIL that due to aristocratic ethos only amateurs could officially participate in the Olympics, professional athletes were banned. The Eastern bloc got around this rule with state-sponsored "full-time amateur athletes". The rule was eventually loosened in the 70s and abolished in 1988.
lKP7 TIL ancient human ancestor Homo erectus ate cooked food as long ago as 1.9 million years
oRP6K TIL malaria was common in the United States until it was eradicated in 1951
ZJRa TIL Having an orgasm a day can add up to 4 years to your life - 700 in a year can add up to 8 years to your life.
x6Xd7 TIL that there was a mutualistic relationship between human whalers and orca around twofold bay Australia until 1930, it may have been 1,000s of years old.