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TIL the Earth's water is older than the sun

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OoZOe TIL that Washington Irving, who created the first illustration of Santa on his sleigh, was also the creator of the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow.
5JlQ Til there is a Green Lantern who is a sentient math equation
lWJa TIL That the oldest cat to ever live was a female cat called Creme Puff. She lived to a staggering 38 years and 3 months, equivalent to a human living to the age of 170 years.
rArw TIL despite claims of being inefficient, recycling is cheaper than mining and refining aluminum
rRPv4 TIL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra auditioned ten dogs for a rare performance of Leopold Mozart’s Hunting Horn Symphony, which calls for four hunting horns, off-stage rifle fire and a chorus of barking dogs. The ten hairy finalists were selected from a series of hopeful video submissions