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TIL that iron smelting was independently discovered in West Africa by 1000 BCE

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ADr4l TIL that Kanye West was an accomplished visual artist who had studied internationally at various universities by age 17. He was granted a scholarship to study at Chicago’s American Academy of Art, where he planned to obtain a bachelor’s degree and pursue music production on the side.
m1OAo TIL a californian lady called Denise Rossi won $1.3 million in lottery, divorced her husband of 25 years without telling him about her win. He later found out and sued her for not disclosing her assets. The judge awarded him every cent of her prize.
pY7XZ TIL Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in Orion that is one of the largest and most luminous stars in our galaxy. It exhibits variations in brightness due to surface pulsations and its size is rapidly decreasing, which has led to speculation that it may soon undergo a supernova explosion.
rpxy TIL A Queensland lungfish named Granddad has been living at the Shedd Aquarium since 1933. He is estimated to be over 100 years old.
4bBN TIL As a knife-wielding assassin jumped out of a crowd of people & lunged toward the President of the Maldives, a quick-thinking Boy Scout who was standing in the crowd in his uniform grabbed the blade & saved the leader’s life. As in the US, the motto of the Maldivian Boy Scouts is: “Be Prepared.”