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TIL that humans, aside from domesticating animals (livestock, pets) and plants (crops) also domesticate themselves. One characteristic that all domesticated animals including humans have in common, is a smaller brain compared to their wild ancestors.

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6EY9Q TIL During the 1910s–1930s there were a series of murders of Osage people in Oklahoma. The murders intent was likely taking Osage land, which was producing oil and earned lucrative royalties. The US government managed the land leases and was forced to pay $380 million in 2011 for unpaid royalties.
JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
5VM09 TIL that Isadore Stessel was the only US Navy Airship casualty of WWII. Stessel was part of the crew on K-74 when it attacked and rendered the U-134 unable to submerge. Stessel was then killed by a shark moments before rescue the following day.
kOJD4 TIL that in 1922, a Canadian fur trapper named Ben Cochrane was killed by a pack of wolves, but only after fatally shooting seven of them and clubbing four others to death until his rifle stock broke off
rRnKe TIL the witching hour is the time of night between 3 - 4 a.m. in western christianity considered to be when supernatural events are at their most powerful and frequent due to the absence of prayers