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TIL that a fossilized Daddy Longlegs was found sporting a 99-million-year-old erection

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kOE54 TIL scientists observed the transition of unicellular yeast to multicellularity by repeatedly separating cells by gravity and collecting the cells settled at the bottom of the tubes. The cells eventually formed clusters and subsequent genetic mutations favored the clusters over the individual cells.
xyb0 TIL that even though dynamite plays a big part in the ending of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, dynamite wasn’t actually invented until almost a decade after the time period in which the film was set.
J1ywQ TIL that the Great Irish Potato Famine had caused such a profound population decline in the country that it took the population 170 years to rebound. In 2021, Ireland’s population exceeded 5 million for the first time since 1851, and it has still yet to fully recover.
rNLbo TIL of the January 7th, 1994 crash of United Express Flight 6291. The plane was on approach to land when it struck a stand of trees, causing it to crash into a warehouse. Only 3 passengers survived after they escaped through a Crack in the fuselage. The rest died on impact or burned up.
KM1R TIL that In Europe, until the 17th century, teenage boys were routinely masturbated by their nannies for a good night sleep.