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TIL that Amazon and Congo Rivers were part of the same river system before the continents drifted away

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KOj16 TIL The word "canvas" is derived from the word cannabis. Hemp, a variety of the cannabis, was commonly used to make sail canvas.
Wkred TIL that Bill Nye's family has a history of a neurological disorder called ataxia and the reason he decided not to have kids was to avoid passing down the condition to them.
GoP4 TIL that Weird Al Yankovic is a vegan, and when asked how he can justify playing at the Great American Rib Cookoff, he responded “The same way I can rationalize playing at a college even though I’m not a student anymore.”
oa4Y TIL that because a country is limited to four female competitors across seven weight classes at the Olympics, the Chinese qualification competition is more competitive than the Olympics itself
N7P11 TIL the penalty for treason against the United States is death, and is defined as giving enemies “aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere”