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TIL Humans with extra nipples can only have them along two ‘milk lines’ in the human body, a remnant of our mammalian ancestors.

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NKvE TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs.
P1WQw TIL that longer novels are more likely to win literary awards (like the Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the National Book Award for Fiction)
VBddm TIL in 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park despite being dead. He had a heart attack mid-race but remained in the saddle as his horse crossed the finish line. He is the only dead man to win a race and it was the only win of his career.
gr6w9 TIL Adam Driver has been nominated for 2 Academy Awards, 2 BAFTAs, 4 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, 4 Screens Actors Guilds, and 1 Tony.....and won none of them.
wodjJ TIL the Scottish band Pilot was a one-hit wonder in the United States with Magic. Despite being almost 50 years old, that song is still popular as the theme song to the drug Ozempic