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TIL the world’s first newspaper can be traced to Julius Caesar

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p81KA TIL that Bronn from Game of Thrones (Jerome Flynn), was part of a 90’s pop duo that earned three UK number one singles, and a 6x platinum album!
p8BW4 Appendix is a haven for intestinal bacteria that help us fight off infections that lead to diarrhea, fever, nausea and abdominal pain. In fact, individuals without an appendix were found be four times as likely to get said infection.
49mb TIL - The National Forest Service tested whether or not bears were attracted to menstruating women by measuring wild bears’ responses to either tampons or to four menstruating women. “Menstrual odors were essentially ignored by [all] black bears.”
wLbaW TIL about the X-Seed 4000, the largest building ever with completed construction plans. Standing at 4,000m/4km (13,123ft/2.5mi) tall, it could house 1 million people on its 800 floors. The shape of X-Seed is based off Mount Fugi, and is even 224m (735ft) taller than it.
ODLe TIL Amazon and Congo were likely one river before Africa and S.America drifted apart.