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TIL that 4 billion years ago Mars looked a lot like Earth.

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Bwad TIL many plants that we consider to be weeds are edible natives to North America, and among them is cattail (Typha) which one can eat the roots and stock of raw or cooked while the newly developing flower-head can be eaten like corn-on-the-cob and has a corn-like taste.
X0jWD TIL that every reggaeton song uses the same beat from a 1990 song called "Dem Bow"
ZpJpG TIL Elvis was born the year the orchestrated piece O Fortuna premiered
W7JoB TIL in 1968, a man tried to scare his ex-fiancée who left him for an acquaintance by detonating luggage on a Yokosuka line train. He accidentally killed one, injured 14, and was sentenced to death.
4EPo TIL: While fighting in WWI, British soldier Henry Tandley spared the life of a wounded German soldier. The wounded German soldier ended up being Austrian corporal Adolf Hitler.