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TIL that human intelligence increased dramatically once we started extracting more energy from food via cooking

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QNj6k TIL From 1897-1903 Imperial Germany constructed plans to invade the United States to sever its growing economic and political connections in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, and South America. Hints of the German plans were first found by scholar Alfred Vagts in the 1930s and published in 1940.
ZpdpQ TIL South Africa has 3 capital, the reason is that there is one for each branch of the government in the country and the government is divided into three different branches
a8DaN TIL Edith Piaf's team and peers originally deemed "La Vie en Rose" weaker than other songs she was working in, and she set it aside for a year before changing her mind and deciding to record it, and then it became the song that made her internationally famous.
EJJX TIL the Vikings had swords marked with “Ulfbehrt” using high carbon “crucible steel” not made again until the Industrial Revolution, 800 years later. Maker history is yet unknown.
9D4M TIL the age of consent in Chile is 14, but only for heterosexual sex. Homosexual activity is declared illegal with anyone under 18 years old.