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TIL Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans and monkeys share a common ancestor from which both evolved separately.

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5YpdD TIL NASA has a date of October 2024 for the first woman landing on the moon, as well as the first person on the moon in 52 years. The mission is called Artemis III, after Apollo's twin sister.
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4kLMg TIL that the the first vacuum cleaner was horse-drawn.
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