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TIL that author J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan) founded a cricket team whose members included, among others, Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), H. G. Wells (War of the Worlds), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), P. G. Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster), and A. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh).

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YpvZG TIL of Wolf Cave aka Susiluola, a cave in Finland claiming to have evidence of Neanderthals pre Ice Age. The only known evidence in Nordic countries.
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KYG6a TIL what "that" is in Meat Loaf's hit song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)." Each verse describes what he will do for love followed by a promise of something he will never do. The chorus is basically repeating those promises.
EgeLw TIL Stupidity is in essence not an intellectual defect but a moral one
1aN9d TIL that female journalist Gao Yu was imprisoned for 5 years by the Communist Party of China for leaking "Document No. 9" which bans university professors from teaching democratic ideals such as Basic Human Rights. Failure to comply results in suppression, blacklisting, and imprisonment.