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TIL human beings invented bread before they invented farming

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MeD7m TIL in 2015, Cheryl Treadway, a Florida woman, was being held hostage by her boyfriend, Nickerson. He didn't allow her make calls or write texts, so she used the Pizza Hut app to send a discreet call for help. Police arrived at the location and she was released.
j6ZM TIL Quentin Tarantino lied about his age to work as an usher at a porno movie theater.
j6MdQ TIL Nose blindness (also known as “olfactory adaptation,” or “olfactory fatigue”) causes your brain to let go of certain smells, like the one of your own house! Not being able to smell your body odor or your regular perfume is also an example of olfactory adaptation or nose blindness.
ZAk4 TIL that a 4 second awkward-silence pause in conversation creates feelings of rejection in the brain.
49v6 TIL Mary Donaldson, a 28-year-old Australian who worked at a real estate firm, met a Danish guy at a Sydney pub in the year 2000. He was Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and she is now the Crown Princess of Denmark.