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TIL the Earth has had six major Ice Ages over the last 3 billion years. We are currently in an Ice Age which began 34 million years ago.

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W7XNY TIL there are 20+ kinds of ice
DQd7Y TIL that male seahorses are the ones who carry and give birth to their babies.
oRrk7 TIL Tina Turner has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... twice. Once as Ike & Tina Turner, and a second time as solo artist.
PORV TIL when the Rwandan Genocide began, to seek safety from Hutu militias, 2000 Tutsi refugees fled to a school where Belgian UN peacekeepers were stationed. On orders from their government they pulled out 3 days later. The militias were waiting outside. After they left, the refugees were slaughtered.
DQ5jg TIL penguins oil was an alternative oil product when seal oil resources were depleted on Antarctic islands