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TIL: 1$ flight that goes nowhere. It is setup by a retired aircraft engineer from India so that the poor people in India get to experience it in their life time.

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4X6Nb TIL that "The Aquatic Ape Theory" suggests that human beings actually evolved in a marine environment. Evidence includes: the location of the spleen; presence of subcutous fat and sweat glands; babies' swimming reflex; and kidneys which function very similarly to those of current aquatic animals.
epaOD TIL the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak, Quebec, contained fossils that have been dated to 4,388 million years ago. If this is confirmed, it would make these microorganisms the oldest lifeform on Earth. The Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago.
Vy7p TIL that bread is actually unhealthy for ducks and feeding them large quantities could result in killing them
GAeV7 TIL the annual income of German billionaire Susanne Klatten, BMW heiress and businesswoman, has reached $2.7 billion, which is comparable to the GDP of the Central African Republic, which has a population of approximately 5.3 million people.
x6ojo TIL the word “rooster” was introduced in the mid or late 18th century to avoid the sexual connotation of “cock”.