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TIL that the end of the Stone Age to the present represents only around 0.7% of human history.

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ZpvPG TIL that Raven is a chimpanzee. It picked stocks by throwing darts and became the 22nd most successful manager in the US. This chimpanzee created its own index called MonkeyDex, which grew by 213% in 1999, outperforming the performance of over 6000 professional brokers on Wall Street.
gMpND TIL in 1998, a married couple was left behind during a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Two days passed before anyone realized what had happened. Despite a 5-day search, the couple was never found. A dive slate was later recovered which read "... rescue us before we die..."
YpmWA TIL the painting "The Scream" was painted with a red sky accurately depicting the Norwegian sky at the time caused by the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia.
OoRL6 TIL: The band Chumbawamba played for 16 years and released 8 albums before they finally had their first hit song "Tubthumping" in 1998.
vPV7r TIL Paul Reubens' final public performance as Pee Wee Herman was for a one time stint as a radio DJ on KCRW on November 26, 2021 and the show was called "the Pee-wee Herman Radio Hour."