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TIL the Persian Gulf was once a very fertile and inhabited valley having flooded during the start of recorded history during the time of the Sumerians

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B46e TIL that Pitch is a viscous liquid which flows extremely slowly. In an experiment started in 1930, only 9 drops have dripped; the latest being April 17, 2014
69j8 TIL that The Learning Channel (TLC) was founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA; it was distributed at no cost by NASA satellite.
0Y8M TIL the hoover dam is expected to last 10,000 years
b9VE9 TIL people with orange hair are called "redheads" because in many languages the first colors to be named are black, white, and red. Thus the word "orange" didn't exist in the English language until the fruit arrived in England around 480 years ago. The orange hair gene has existed for 70,000 years.
9Y9kB TIL that "Shaun of the Dead" was considering the title "From Dusk Till Shaun." And that "Into the Spider-Verse" has a "From Dusk Till Shaun" movie poster in the background- suggesting it exists in a parallel universe.