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TIL that around 900,000 years ago humans nearly went extinct, with genetic evidence showing only about 1,280 individuals survived to repopulate the planet.

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YRR7 TIL that each Oscar Award loser receives a consolation bag of goodies. This year’s “goodie bag” was worth $48,000.
oBOZR TIL of Operation Bloodstone, a CIA project to recruit former Nazis and collaborators to conduct "psychological warfare, subversion, sabotage, [...] assassination, target capture and rescue". Many hired agents were high ranking Nazis, some of which had committed crimes against humanity.
wLxeJ TIL that every day the average human heart pumps over 1800 gallons of blood through veins and other vessels
69O5Y TIL Single mothers spend less time on housework and get more sleep than married mothers
4NrN TIL that Muhammad Ali was vehemently anti-interracial marriage