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TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms

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16EnX TIL Cyndi Lauper's mother, Catrine, appeared in the music videos for 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', 'Time After Time', and 'The Goonies 'R' Good Enough', in which she played the role of Cyndi Lauper's mother.
4XLOg TIL Norway's first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer
QJ4rL TIL that the Hudson Bay’s Company, the de facto government of early British North America, not only still exists but owns Saks Fifth Avenue
V41Z TIL that there is an optical illusion called the McCullough Effect that is so powerful, ten minutes of exposure can cause you to see colors that are not there for up to a month.
M77Gb TIL that cancer in heart cells is extremely rare, or unlikely to occur due to the cell division mechanism in a heart's muscle cells