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TIL that the once-thought useless human appendix has evolved at least 29 times, and been lost a maximum of 12 times–but evolution keeps bringing it back, possibly due to it having an important role in immune function.

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R7o0w TIL that in 1964, British Marines unknowingly consumed LSD and were instructed to carry out standard training exercises, so that the Army could determine the suitability of the drug to incapacitate enemy soldiers.
lxRG TIL in 1350 when bubonic plague struck England, the Scots took the opportunity to invade the country. But instead, the Scottish army caught the disease, was routed by the English and the fleeing army inadvertently spread the plague across Scotland
kOP0W TIL Albrecht II of Bayreuth, a famously cruel ruler once picked a random man from a crowd and ordered him to perform an execution. Due to the severe social stigma attached to executioners he couldn't return to his job as a woodcutter,he was condemned to carry on as an executioner and so was his son
WKl8 TIL Black Americans preferred staying with British Soldiers during WWII due to the abuse their fellow Americans hurled at them. Americans even tried to implement segregation in the UK.
ne59b TIL Henry Kissinger's son is the head of Conan O'Brien's production company CONACO