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TIL That skulls have been found in China that are part human, part neanderthal

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pYvNN TIL about the Bechdel test. It tries to measure the representation of women in film/fiction by asking if at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man.
5KoP TIL: There existed a species of fish that was armored like a tank and went after basically anything it thought would make a good meal. One of these fish is called the “Dunkleosteus”
Bgg8b TIL about Sokushinbutsu, a practice of self-mummification observed by Japanese Buddhist monks. The monks would follow a strict starvation diet until abstaining from eating altogether in order to lose as much body fat and moisture as possible. They would finally be locked in a tomb while still alive.
5x88 TIL that contrary to popular belief, marijuana is NOT legal in Jamaica (except in Bob Marley’s mausoleum)
bgp4 TIL Dinka tribesmen of Sudan sometimes rupture their stomachs by overeating in preparation for ‘fat-man’ contests. Deaths this way are considered an honorble way to die.