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TIL the draining of Lake Agassiz 9,500 years ago may have raised sea levels up to 1M worldwide in a year, creating global flood myths.

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WkKON TIL that there is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office.
R7rOj TIL of the "Chicken of Tomorrow" contest,which was created in 1948 to develop "superior meat chickens".Most of the chicken we eat today is genetically related to the winner of that contest.
OoJxR TIL Because she supported the Civil Rights movement, the FBI created a fake story that actress Jean Seberg had cheated on her husband with a black man, the stress of the fake story caused her to go into labor premature and resulted in the death of her baby.
9Y8DB TIL researchers at U of Tokyo have created a robot hand that has a 100% winning rate playing rock-paper-scissors. It does so by "cheating", using a high-speed camera to recognize the shape within 1 millisecond.
d8Zb8 TIL 'Bullshit Asymmetry Principle' states the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than that needed to produce it. Bullshit can be propagated quickly, but can be more difficult to disprove.