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TIL Underground caves are formed by acid eating holes in rock

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neJ4b TIL that in 2005 graffiti artist David Choe was offered $60K to paint multiple murals at Facebook headquarters. He chose to take his compensation in stock which was eventually worth more than $200 million
5VBOD TIL the world’s longest wedding dress train is 8,095.40 meters, which is almost long enough to reach Mount Everest at 8,850 meters.
R6p7 TIL the Great Extinction that wiped out most life 65.5 million years ago was precipitated by 5 degree C warming over 1000 years. This rate is 10 times slower than that of the last 100 years.
D1e4V TIL that in Europe, coffee was once considered as the "Muslim drink" and banned, until Pope Clement tasted it and deemed it Christian
gYXA TIL: In Vietnam, the Vietnam War is known as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War.