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TIL that geologists have discovered a fault system that could make North America a much closer neighbor to Europe

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gwlb TIL that despite making up via http://ift.tt/105dpup
8eEZ TIL Wikipedia had an entry with a list of proven conspiracy theories. They have deleted it and automatically delete all attempts at making new one. Here is an archive of the deleted list.
Y7kvA TIL a 2nd century textbook on Roman law by the Roman jurist Gaius was considered to be lost until a manuscript of it was discovered in Verona in 1816.
0dOWv TIL that restaurateur Guy Fieri was born with the last name “Ferry” - but later changed it to “Fieri” in memory of his paternal grandfather, Giuseppe Fieri, an Italian immigrant who had anglicized his surname to Ferry upon arriving in the United States.
yVgOp TIL about Central Western Time (UTC+08:45) - a miniscule timezone located in Australia used only by a handfull of roadhouses along the Eyre Highway, one of which is the small Cocklebiddy community.