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TIL up until the 19th century, Hawaii was mosquito free

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9YAm TIL that the orbits of all the planets of the solar system were within the same 90° arc of the solar system on February 1, 949, and that the next time it is thought this will occur is on May 6, 2492.
OGXAa TIL about Clem the only wild american alligator caught in the state of Arizona
69yml TIL that the first two hockey goalies to wear a mask did so in 1899. They used baseball catcher's masks almost 60 years before Jacques Plante became the first to regularly use a mask in the NHL in 1959.
4X4jw TIL there are only 24 episodes in the original Jetsons tv series.
kwbe TIL that Archaeologists has discovered a beautiful, huge, well-preserved stucco wall sculpture with its colors intact in Guatemala under a buried Mayan pyramid. The stucco frieze, measuring 30 feet long and 6 feet tall, is painted red, with details in blue, yellow and green.