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TIL the First Saint Patrick's Day Parade was held in America in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida.

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xVlVD TIL that in Māori mythology Māui tried to bring immortality to humanity, but was killed in the attempt by the goddess of death's obsidian vagina teeth.
OoWg4 TIL DeepSqueak software identifies rodent vocalizations using neural networks like those developed for self-driving cars. Researchers have found about 20 different calls, such as happy ones when anticipating a reward or playing with friends, or courtship when males are with females.
QNGeL TIL that forks used to be a thing in ancient China but were later replaced by chopsticks
neVbd TIL About the legend of Wan Hu, a supposed Chinese man who became the “first astronaut” in 2000BC by tying 47 firework rockets to a chair. Dressed in regal splendour, he had 47 servants light each of the rockets and then took off as they ran for cover. When the smoke cleared, he was gone.
m1xZM TIL an author created a 1000 page book that is made up of a single run on sentence.