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TIL that European football fans used to throw bananas onto the field to taunt players of African descent.

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nJvd TIL: Humans have odor receptors in the lung.
PYvme TIL there are three species of wasp from Papua New Guinea that for some reason are each named after a presenter from Top Gear; Kereveta clarksoni, Kereveta hammoni and Kerevata jamesmayi
wZ8W TIL the original screenplay for Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic was 500 pages long. Rather than cut down the whole thing, he took the 160-page section about the 13th Amendment and made the film about that instead
WJOo TIL in pre-modern Europe, Outlaw or Outlawry, was one of the harshest punishments available and put the criminal outside of any legal protections, subject to persecution, murder etc. by anybody. It was considered a death sentence but not carried out by the state.
MGpB TIL Baboons were employed as goatherds by the Namaqua people in the 1800s right through till the 1960s. They would protect the herd and lead them back at dusk, often whilst riding one of the larger goats like a horse.