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TIL Sharks have been around longer than trees. Sharks appeared 400 million years ago while trees appeared 350 million years ago.

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1xeD TIL Tom Green won 5 Raspberry Awards for “Freddy Got Fingered” in 2002. He showed up in a white Cadillac, rolled out his own red carpet, and had to be dragged off stage because he wouldn’t stop play a harmonica.
X0O1R TIL female ants that are not queens but are able to reproduce are scientifically termed “gamergates”
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