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TIL: Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe

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KOQ79 TIL when a persistent Washington DC bookstore clerk exposed Stephen King as the true author of books written under the name Richard Bachman, King's publishers sent out a press release announcing Bachman's death from "cancer of the pseudonym."
oE87 TIL American adults(18+) have an average of two close friends they are able to confide in with 4% of adults having none.
8abwa TIL that instead of doing a traditional press conference to talk about his Super Bowl XLI show, Prince put on a mini-concert instead
Oam1 TIL: Japanese folklore contains a creature known as Ashiarai Yashiki, a giant foot that crashes through the roof in the middle of the night, demanding the terrified homeowner wash it.
PYElE TIL that a Louisiana senator proposed the “American Hippo Bill” which would have brought Hippos from Africa to get rid of a invasive species and solve a meat shortage in the United States. The bill nearly passed.