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TIL that 2000 year old date seeds that were found in a historic mountainside fortress were planted in 2005 and sprouted a sapling

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oRx7K TIL that Lewis and Clark used a rapid fire .46 caliber air rifle to discourage native tribes from attacking them during their excursion.
YpVj7 TIL in the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as 'Jedi'.
DpMD TIL That the song Capt. Jean Luc Picard listened to when he thought the ship (and the entire United Federation of Planets) was lost to the Borg in the movie “First Contact” was about a sailor in the Trojan War who was worried he’d never see home again.
OonmY TIL in 1983 and before they were famous, John Goodman and Megan Mullally were both in the same McDonalds commercial
l09G TIL that Jupiter used to be eight times larger than it is now (its diameter used to be twice its current diameter), it shrinks by ~2 cm each year