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TIL malaria has killed more than half of all people that have existed after the Stone Age

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loYRr TIL lepers lose flesh because of injuries as a result of losing their ability to feel pain
ne1jr TIL that another star passed through our solar system 70,000 years ago. Early humans may have looked up to see another star passing through our solar system.
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.
kxDe TIL that in 2013 a UK company perfected the “tomtato” - a plant that grows potatoes under the soil and tomatoes above.
D1mvJ TIL that there is enough DNA in the average person’s body to stretch from the Sun to Pluto and back — 17 times