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TIL Neanderthals may have been making fire 400,000 years ago

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GAEKj TIL that Heshen, who was Qing Dynasty Official during the late 1700's and favoured by the Qianlong Emperor is known as the most corrupt official in Chinese and one of the most in human history. During his life, he embezzled roughly US$270 billion or 15 years of Qing Imperial revenues
yoQX TIL that more species of plants exist on a mountain in South Africa than in the whole UK
laEa TIL that Yoda was originally supposed to be portrayed by a monkey with a mask.
xP5D TIL that the western lowland gorilla’s scientific name is gorilla gorilla gorilla
v1EZr TIL Tom and Jerry have won seven Academy Awards