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TIL The 'first recorded murder victim' revealed… from 430,000 years ago. This is the earliest clear case of deliberate, lethal interpersonal aggression in the hominin fossil record, demonstrating that this is an ancient human behaviour

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J18VB TIL of the Nika Riots in Byzantium in 538 AD. They lasted a week, destroyed half the city, and killed tens of thousands of people. The riots were started over a chariot race
e0NbE TIL that the patron Saint of ice-skaters, got her sainthood after being disabled in an ice-skating accident.
LkrxZ TIL that Unity Mitford, one of Hitler's inner circle and sister-in-law to British Fascist Oswald Mosley was conceived in Swastika, Ontario, Canada
1JJD TIL the German Word for Nipple is Brustwarz; which means “Breast-wart.”
QNLRL TIL Studies have shown that being wealthy correlates with lower empathy and higher immorality