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TIL that Polaris (the North Star), is only 45-67 million years old. It wasn't around in the time of the dinosaurs.

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mQmO TIL in Sid Meier’s Civilisation an underflow glitch caused Ghandi to become a nuclear obsessed warlord
x61Eo TIL that in 1894 an elephant in malaysia charged into a moving train to defend its herd. the train derailed and 2 people were killed.
PYJDJ TIL of Kim Han-Sol, North Korean heir apparent until 2001, when his father lost favor, and was assassinated by poison in 2017. In 2011 Han-Sol expressed distress and guilt over North Korean social conditions in social media. Targeted for assassination, his whereabouts has been unknown since 2017.
X06LR TIL that there is a drug screen done by a lab called "ICUP"
v15d8 TIL Listerine was initially used as an anti-septic and is named after Joseph Lister, the doctor who famously used the first anti-septics in the medical field. It has also been sold as floor cleaner and as a cure for Gonorrhea