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TIL about Charvaka, an atheisitc and anti-clerical Indian philosophy which rejected the Vedas and believed that all perceivable matter was all that existed in the universe. Adherents as a result were told to pursue a life of hedonism with no ethical or religous qualms as they exist to control joy

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aw8Y9 TIL of the Leakey family, a British extended family consisting of several high-ranking military officials, "Black Rod", two VC winners, and notable archaeologists and scientists.
p89VO TIL, there is enough residual blood in illegally dumped syringes to get positive DNA identification and it was used to successfully trace needles ditched on school property in Darien, Connecticut in USA
GAK4j TIL about “The Slash”, a man-made 6.1m wide and 2,171km long track of deforestation that demarcates portions of the border between Canada and the U.S.
MMNa TIL mathematician Max Little invented a brilliant way to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease by simply listening to someone’s voice on the phone. Success rate: an amazing 99%!
PY7BZ TIL that the sampled moaning heard on the background of Prince's "Peach" track was recorded by Kim Basinger.