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TIL Humans evolved to have white skin only 8000 years ago. Our species has been around for about 300,000 years.

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v1DnL TIL that David Werder sat on a flagpole for over a year to protest gas prices in 1982-1984
d8eMj TIL Rome has been nicknamed the Cocaine Capital of the World with €1,23 billion worth of cocaine seized in 3 police operations but it was all kept on the low key to protect the image of the eternal city.
BrB6b TIL about the 'Children's Crusade', where a 12 year old managed to get a following of 30,000 children to attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. They were unable to cross the Mediterranean sea and were sold into slavery by merchants offering free passage on their boats.
Y6rr TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.
wL9A8 TIL that 6.8T of steel used to build the USS New York was salvaged from the ruins of the World Trade Center after 9/11