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TIL that the North Star (Polaris) is younger than trees

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1gNW TIL that when William Faulkner gave his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, the audience did not understand him due to his deep Southern accent; when the speech was printed in the papers the next day, it was hailed as one of the greatest Nobel Prize acceptance speeches ever
m1Zev TIL A study on the "fracture and flow" of Oreo cookies exists, in which researchers tried to split apart Oreo cookies to achieve an even distribution of cream on both halves. The researchers involved dubbed the study "Oreology".
DQeV TIL that the only US Supreme Court Justice to ever have been impeached, Samuel Chase, was impeached on the grounds that his political views were allegedly affecting his court rulings.
l4mB TIL that, Beginning with “Irishmen & Irishwomen”, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic is the only one of its period to mention women equally.
krMe TIL that Iceland is considered the most peaceful country in the world.