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TIL the largest currently known dinosaur footprints (5'7" or 1.7 metres long) are sauropod tracks located in Broome, Western Australia.

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KOwxa Popcorn is truly ancient. Archaeologists have uncovered popcorn kernels that are 4,000 years old. They were so well-preserved, they could still pop. In 2012, scientists discovered popcorn cobs that were grown even earlier — more than 6,000 years ago.
x6N4b TIL U.S. Taxpayers funded re-forestation efforts in Lebanon for the historic Cedar trees
nedpG TIL there are no documented cases of wild orca whales attacking humans...and that orcas are...dolphins?!
BRQb TIL that Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic.
OoprY TIL the Pony Express only operated for 18 months and carried mail from Missouri to California in 10 days. Each of the 186 stations were 10 miles apart where the rider would switch to a fresh horse