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TIL that a woman’s skull was unearthed in David Attenborough’s back garden, solving a 130 year old murder mystery.

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J1WnB TIL Rwanda has the highest female parliamentary representation —standing at 64%—in the world.
ve7x TIL that ketchup doesn’t have to be made with tomatoes, and it’s only relatively recently that people think of ketchup as synonymous with tomato ketchup.
8vBL TIL that semen contains mood altering chemicals that can reduce depression, increase affection and help you sleep and a study found that women who regularly have unprotected sex are less depressed.
N7wYP TIL In Iceland, there is an elf whisperer who inspects construction sites before building to ensure no elves are hanging around.
gBQ7 TIL During his trial, Manson stood up and displayed a newspaper with the headline “Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares.” After polling the jurors, the judge was satisfied they would remain impartial and the trial resumed. The lawyer who left the newspaper within Manson’s reach was jailed for three days.