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TIL Hawaii was formed after the dinosaurs had been extinct for 50 million years.

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D19Y TIL the term “white trash” was invented by blacks as a racial epithet against whites too poor to own slaves.
ydkw TIL John Henry’s famous race against the steam drill really did happen in 1870. He was able to win because the machine kept getting hung up and lost time.
Z8OZY TIL the 31st Vice President of the United States Charles Curtis was 3/8 Native American raised on reservations and his dad fought in the Civil War Kansas Volunteers.
BGYL TIL: Green olives and black olives are not different species. The distinction reflects whether they were picked before or after ripening.
o9wA TIL that a Soviet general, Vasili Blokhin, personally executed over 7,000 Polish prisoners in one month. He used a German pocket pistol for plausible deniability.