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TIL that there is evidence of early humans being killed and eaten by eagles

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78Alb TIL there is a secret carpool society in Washington DC
XEWOE TIL that Paul Salopek is on a 24,000 Mile Walk Across the Earth. He started in Africa and is now in China. Retracing the journey of mankind. It’s called out of Eden Walk.
Lp4m TIL Scientists have developed a way to convert urine in to a renewable energy source. But there is some way to go before the idea is embraced more widely.
nWQo TIL an Australian farmer protested government-imposed wheat quotas by ceding from Australia and creating his own country. This was 40 years ago. The country still exists, and he’s the king.
4XYWR TIL George Miller had his wife Margaret Sixel edit Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller said that she had never cut an action movie before, and he said if was edited by "the usual kind of guys, it would look like every other action movie we see." She went on to win a Oscar for her editing work in the film.