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TIL long before trees overtook the land, Earth’s surface was covered by gigantic 24 feet tall and three feet wide mushrooms.

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OoJk7 TIL of Williams Syndrome, a condition that makes you friendly
yQbWp TIL Shavarsh Karapetyan is a retired Armenian swimmer. In 1976, after completing his daily 20-km run, he came upon an accident scene where a trollybus had fallen into a reservoir. Karapetyan dived 10 meters into the water and pulled 46 people out of the bus, 20 of whom survived.
7rm4b TIL Ice cream originated in Ancient China
vPeRL TIL that movie star and European karate champion black belt Dolph Lundgren, who earned a Masters in Chemical Engineering and received a scholarship from MIT, is also an abuse survivor.
KbBR TIL that in an episode of Seinfeld, Elaine tries to get her boyfriend to change his name, as it was the same as famous serial killer, Joel Rifkin. Elaine suggests he change his name to “OJ” after OJ Simpson. 7 months after the episode aired, OJ was put on trial for double murder.