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TIL that Florida is the flattest US state

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gM4M8 TIL that functioning ‘mechanical gears’ were seen in nature for the first time. Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did.
NXjJM TIL that Indo-Europeans, the ancestors of almost all languages and cultures in Europe, Persia and India, had presences as far as near Peking, China.
Aeva TIL that Scrappy-Doo was first added to the cast of Scooby-Doo in 1979 to save the show from cancellation. Although the general consensus is that Scrappy-Doo is horrible, his addition boosted the show’s ratings enough to save it from being cancelled.
VMm4p TIL there are most definitely aliens on our moon
LQPXp TIL that in 2017, a London building owner destroyed a 400 year old ceiling to prevent a historical society from listing the property, which would impact the owner's future maintenance and refurbishment