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TIL The US Congress is older than the British Palace of Westminister

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0ddwR TIL that The ancient Egyptian port city Heracleion was said to have collapsed into the sea. Everyone thought it was a myth until 1933, when a British air force pilot spotted the undersea ruins. But it would take until 1999 for archaeologists to precisely locate the city and start exploring.
d800d TIL the color magenta comes from what the blood soaked ground looked like during the Battle of Magenta, 1859
4k4rX TIL The longest contraction in English is y'all'll'nt've'd's, which means "You all will not have had us"
R57Q4 TIL the reason McDonald’s retired it’s mascot Ronald McDonald in 2016, was due to the clown sightings craze which was occurring that year.
PKJO TIL for two full months, Michael J Fox worked 16.5-hour days to fulfil his commitments to both Family Ties and Back to the Future. He’d finish on BTTF at 2.30am and start again on FT at 10am