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TIL that Neandertal people had red hair and fair skin

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j6YpX TIL Patrick Sherry of the band Bad Beat Revue is the first confirmed person to die from stage diving.
womX8 TIL that the claim Shakespeare invented 1,700 words is bogus, and that scholars now know he was using terms already in use. Early citations had limited source material, so their overreliance on Shakespeare led to the myth.
W7bjY TIL that between 1906 and 1917, Stanford University in California played rugby union instead of American football.
d8na8 TIL that Larry Thor recorded an album called "Galloping on my Dinosaur." His son Cameron would later go on to appear in Jurassic Park as the agent who approaches Dennis Nedry.
dDeZr TIL about Sunflower Syndrome - a rare form of pediatric photosensitive epilepsy. The child is attracted to the sun (heliotropism) or a bright light, wave their hand in front of their eyes to create a strobe and trigger seizure activity with lapses in consciousness and often a feeling of relief.