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TIL carbon dating is useless to date anything after 1950 and will be useless for the forseeable future because of the amount of change in carbon-14 levels from human nuclear weapons detonations.

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6EnvW TIL Honeymoon Rhinitis is a condition that causes runny nose and nasal congestion during arousal and sex
w8BP TIL only 2% of members of the Church of Sweden regularly attend Sunday service
xpPo TIL That for about 5 months in 2008 it was 100% legal to abandon your teenage child by bringing them to a hospital and driving off. During this period over 35 teenagers were abandoned by their parents.
XEVVr TIL President Grover Cleveland first met his future wife Frances when he was 27 and she was a newborn. He bought her a baby carriage and helped raise her following her father's death. He then married her when she turned 21 (he was 49). She remains the youngest wife of a sitting president.
0wvv1 TIL that the real Top Gun School imposes a $5 fine to any staff member that quotes the movie