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TIL the world’s oldest pool of water was discovered deep in a Canadian mine. It is 2 billion years old.

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7EEL TIL that interracial marriages were illegal in Alabama until a vote in 2000; but even then 40% of the voters wanted to keep it illegal.
M71GW TIL that the manta ray has the biggest brain and by far the biggest brain-to-mass ratio of any fish and is one of the few animals in the world that may pass the "mirror test" for self-recognition.
VMLp4 TIL Stress for long periods of time is a major factor in deciding where fat is stored in the human body, regardless of gender. People who secrete higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol accumulate more belly fat than others.
wZ18 TIL Pioneering English scientist Francis Bacon died of pneumonia after trying to stuff a chicken with snow.
NXL8e TIL Levi Hutchins created America's first mechanical alarm clock in 1787 because he wanted to get up at 4am every day. So his device was only set to that desired time and it was another 60 years before Antoine Redier made one that was able to be adjusted to a time other than 4am.