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TIL Ice Age is any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land.

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VMJxD TIL Britain ended Capital Punishment after the unjust execution of Timothy Evans, for the murders of his wife and daughter. He'd accused his neighbour John Christie of the crime. Years later, Christie was discovered to be a serial killer who had killed 6 other woman and Evans's wife and daughter.
4x4R TIL that Lego (unknowingly) sponsored a Polish artist to make something out of Legos, and it turned out to be a 7 kit Auschwitz set.
BgXPL TIL that Naked Mole-Rats are “the longest-lived rodent, … almost never get cancer, … don’t feel pain like other mammals, they live in underground colonies and [… ] don’t have a drop in fertility as they age.”
PYjJZ TIL the Japanese invaded Kiska, Alaska during WWII. This was the first time that the continental United States was occupied by a foreign power since the War of 1812.
Bwrk TIL Sorrell Booke (the dude who played Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard) was fluent in five languages, had degrees from Yale and Columbia Universities, and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer.