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TIL that Neanderthals lived in a high-stress environment with high trauma rates, and about 80% died before the age of 40.

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wLZJM TIL in antartica, scientists recently found fossil fragments of 13 trees that are over 260 million years old, meaning that this forest was growing at the end of the Permian Period, before the first dinosaurs. At that time, Antarctica was still at the South pole
o1y8 TIL that sweaters that have been turned into pants is a thing - swants
loMxG TIL It is estimated that 70% of a feral hog population must be harvested every year to continue reducing the population size
mxedP TIL that during the prohibition in the 1920s, the United States government poisoned the alcohol in an attempt curtail enthusiasm for the drink, resulting in an estimated 10000 deaths. The move had little effect, and prohibition failed, ending in 1933.
loLDr TIL Alex Trebek has been in broadcast for almost 60 years. He hosted many shows that flopped before found by Merv Griffin and put on Jeopardy.