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TIL that Neandertal people had red hair and fair skin
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M7jk8
TIL in 1986 two-and-a-half-year-old Michelle Funk drowned in an icy stream in Utah. She was submerged for more than an hour and clinically dead. But the cold water chilled her down to 66°F which was enough to stave off brain damage. And after waking up, she reportedly "went on with her life."
GYR85
TIL 15 year old Kate Winslet began a romantic relationship and with 27 year old Stephen Tredre while working on a film. She cohabited with him in London until 1995. Winslet missed the premiere of Titanic to attend his funeral. In a 2008 interview, she said that she had never gotten over his death.
rR9B0
TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger reduced the sentence of a convicted murderer because he was the son of a friend.
M417
TIL a student sent John Lennon a letter stating his teacher was conducting a class analyzing the Beatles’ songs. This act inspired the song “I Am The Walrus,” as the whole purpose of the song, according to John, was to confuse, befuddle, and mess with the Beatles experts.
mxpZv
TIL that a farmer called Almon Strowger invented automatic telephone switching because he didn't trust his local telephone operator. She was the wife of his competition and Strowger suspected that she was diverting requests for his services to her husband’s business instead.