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TIL human beings invented bread before they invented farming

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4bg TIL that if you collapse an underwater bubble with a soundwave, light is produced, and nobody knows why.
WkDL TIL United States citizens can request that the White House send a greeting for a wedding, birth, anniversaries, and other milestones… for free!
VBV78 TIL That a binary star system passed through the outer boundary of the solar system ~70,000 years ago, which would've been visible to humans living in the northern hemisphere at the time.
R5D4Q Today I learned that Broadclub cuttlefish can hypnotize their prey
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