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TIL sharks have been around for longer than trees

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vPKdK TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book.
e0gE5 TIL On D-Day, Paratrooper John Steele became stuck hanging from his parachute on the church steeple for two hours during the battle for Sainte Mère Église. A statue of him still hangs there today.
MLxb TIL When a species of slime mold was exposed to conditions simulating Tokyo’s topography, it formed a copy of the city’s railway system.
0wjey TIL that moose have not been seen in New Zealand for 50 years, but DNA and other evidence suggest they might still be around
porA TIL multilinguals who speak two or more languages change their personality when they change language.