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TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.

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LkP8p TIL After almost 50 years of use and dubbed as the largest landfill in the world, the Staten Island NY landfill has slowly coming back to life as a park (Freshkills Park). The bucolic rolling meadows conceal a topography that's made entirely of garbage.
Y71JB TIL the Persian New Year (Nowruz) is celebrated on the Spring Equinox.
KXBB TIL of a British marine who threw himself on an enemy grenade, walked away with a nosebleed and got himself the George Cross
1pd8 TIL because of the “Harlem Shake” hundreds of students have been disciplined, fifteen Aussie miners fired, and there is even an FAA investigation.
jNJgM TIL that in 1818 US began building a fort near the New York - Quebec border to defend against invasions from Canada.After 2 years of construction, they realized the fort was actually on the Canadian side.They abandoned it and nicknamed it Fort Blunder.