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TIL The first flower bloomed around the time the last dinosaur died.

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OGGGL TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland, where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up and do it again.
J1gPj TIL People born in American Samoa, which has been held by the United States for more than 120 years, are not automatically citizens of the United States.
0drbR TIL of the Battle of Crysler’s Farm, where British and Canadian soldiers held off an American invasion force, that had nearly 10x their numbers.
R7kdw TIL a scotch-collie dog walked 2,551 miles to Oregon--from August 1923 to February 1924--to his home when he got lost from his family while they were on vacation in Indiana.
neXAP TIL 1981 Cadillac Eldorados were fitted with a metal plate under the driver's seat to fix a balancing problem. This saved mob associate Frank Rosenthal's life when the plate shielded him from the force of a car bomb exploding under his Eldorado.