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TIL that in terms of long distance running, there is no animal that can outrun a human… this may have helped humans tire their prey and made them easier to hunt

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5YOaD TIL the first photograph to include a human being was almost an accident. Because the image required a long exposure, all the people, carriages, and other moving things disappeared from the scene -- except the the man who happened to stay still during the shot, getting his shoes shined.
R5eg8 TIL David Busst suffered a leg injury in 1996 so severe that Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel vomited on the pitch and the match was delayed while blood was cleaned from the grass.
oBlj8 TIL all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads
JYYGl As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.
e81J TIL of Roman Emperor Pertinax who was murdered by his imperial bodyguard so that they could auction off the empire to the highest bidder