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TIL the Earth's water is older than the sun
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M70OA
TIL McDonalds once had a broccoli flavored bubblegum
XE8nD
TIL It's illegal to write a check for less than $1 (18 U.S. Code § 336 - Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1)
BraNr
TIL using sheep as subjects for Huntington's disease research, scientists discovered they are able to recognize human faces, even from photographs. Upon seeing a photograph of its handler for the first time (the sheep had never seen an image of this person before), the sheep did a 'double take'.
OoWb6
TIL that recoilless rifles (aka cannons/rocket launchers) are used to safely trigger avalanches from a distance in a controlled manner.
WEeo
TIL: In 1492, the Catholic monarchs of Spain issued a decree banning all Jews from Spain. Sultan Bayezid (a Muslim) then sent the Ottoman navy to Spain to rescue the Jews from the Spanish persecution.