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TIL The World's oldest Post Office is located in Dumfries, Scotland - opening in 1712 and operating continuously ever since.

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01y5 TIL while vacationing on a beach in Thailand, a 10 year old girl recognized the signs of a tsunami after learning about them in geology class two weeks prior. Hundreds of beach-goers were evacuated minutes before the devastating tsunami from the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake arrived.
VQb0 TIL of an interesting strawberry cultivar, the Pineberry. It looks like a white strawberry, but tastes like a pineapple. No, it is not a strawberry-pineapple hybrid.
PYmke TIL that scotch tape can generate x-rays
VBGw8 TIL that during the 19th Century, "&" was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet. The alphabet ended with "X, Y, Z, and per se and", but this became slurred over time until it just became "ampersand".
kJdkm TIL That Bob Marley's Father was a Sixty Year Old 'Neurotic and Incontinent' World War One Veteran, who was Born in Sussex, and that Died when Marley was Ten Years Old.