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TIL of the Martock fava bean. An essential component of the average medieval survival diet. This varierty can still be found for sale.

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eLpD TIL: Claude Shannon know as Father of Information Theory, also founded Digital Circuit Theory which triggered the Digital revolution, but was oblivious to the marvels created because of it as he was suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.
yAna TIL that humans are not derived from Neanderthals but are their cousins. However, we do share about 2% of their DNA through interbreeding approximately 50,000 years ago.