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TIL that while modern child-proof lids were invented in 1967, archaeologists discovered a container nearly 20 years later that was opened using a similar twist-off method. The vessel was found in the Mayan ruins of Río Azul in Guatemala and dated back to 500 BCE. It contained chocolate.

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BdD TIL that the 2012 Olympics in London will be the first time that every nation will have at least one woman participating in the Games. Even Saudi Arabia is allowing women to participate.
Jbmj TIL Hitler’s sister-in-law, Bridget Hitler, said she was responsible for Hitler’s signature mustache. She wrote in her memoirs that she could not stand his unruly mustache, so he cut it, but that in doing so, “as in most things, he went too far.”
dbVr TIL Matt Groening and Seth MacFarlane have never felt animosity towards each. They relate to each other, and their so-called feud is media-created
kOyd5 TIL of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was abducted on August 14, 2012 while reporting on the civil war in Syria. He has since been missing for more than 9 years.
xPo TIL that Bangladesh, roughly the size of Iowa, has a larger population than Russia.