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TIL, The poingnant "Web of Life" Speech supposedly delivered (or written) by Chief Seattle in 1855, was actually an invention of screen writer Ted Perry for the 1972 environmental film Home

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jAmv TIL a mere 12,000 years ago a species closely related to modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall, weighing around 25kg.
kJA4d TIL about Tianducheng, a chinese town of 30,000 people built to look like Paris
gMp09 TIL when we set one specific goal, people will tend to optimize for that objective regardless of the consequences. This is also known as Goodhart’s Law which says, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
9neB TIL: The most successful intelligence operation in the Cold War; emptying supplies of Soviet Union toilet paper, forcing them to use documents, and retrieving these documents after use.
VMnxB TIL that if your Penis is 6 inches(15.24cm) long when erect, you're in the 90th percentile according to the largest study on Human Penis Size.