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TIL Neanderthals used medicinal plants

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Evx7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes owned the first Siamese kitten to reach America.
nWVAP TIL Mussolini's daughter, Edda Mussolini, dated the Chinese general and warlord Zhang Xueliang
69pA8 TIL shadows can move faster than light - While nothing can travel faster than light, the "speed" of a shadow isn't limited by this rule, creating some trippy effects.
XEEwP TIL death row inmates in Japan are held in solitary confinement and “told [when] they are to be hanged just hours before they are taken to the gallows.”Their families are notified only after their demise.
4NYb TIL the reason behind the name of the 1918 Spanish Flu: In the warring US, France, Germany, and Britain, censors suppressed word of the plague to maintain morale. But in neutral Spain, papers were allowed to report on it, giving the impression Spain was especially hard hit.