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TIL the placenta evolved from an ancient virus.

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9wlZr TIL horse meat was sold as beef in Europe
ZpAxG TIL about the Big Ape Theory (or Killer Ape Hypothesis The killer ape theory or killer ape hypothesis is the theory that war and interpersonal aggression was the driving force behind human evolution. It was originated by Raymond Dart in the 1950s.
4XvnX TIL Of William A. Jackson, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederates, who regularly watched meetings between Davis and Confederate officials. He escaped in 1861 and went north, giving the union much info about Confederate military deployments and planning.
ZQbY TIL during the Crusades, at the siege of Acre, the Templar Grandmaster dropped his sword and walked away from the walls, confusing his men. ‘I’m not running away’, he said 'I am dead. Here is the blow’. He raised his arm to show an arrow penetrating his mail under his armpit, mortally wounding him.
D1Pvr TIL that UFC announcer Bruce Buffer met his half brother when he was thirty...that man is Michael Buffer the “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!” Guy.