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TIL that 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.

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4knaa TIL that 7% of the humans who ever lived are alive today.
xm8D TIL that the longest mathematical proof is 15000 pages long, involved more than 100 mathematicians and took 30 years just to complete it.
y068 TIL that when the Dutch found the Dodo Birds, they named them “Dodaersen”, which translates to “Fat asses”.
Z84vv TIL that the Soviet Union tried to suppress Genghis Khan’s memory in Mongolia by removing his story from school textbooks and forbidding people from making pilgrimages to his birthplace
kjY7 TIL in 2012 Saudi Arabian Princess, Maha bint Mohammed bin Ahmad al-Sudairi reportedly tried to stiff some of Paris’s most exclusive boutiques for $20 million and skip out on a $7 million dollar hotel bill. Citing “diplomatic immunity”