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

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6orl TIL Martin Luther, once said “I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can’t be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what’s coming.”
6ElwW TIL The term “jeep” originates from a Popeye’ comic book character in 1936 and was used for many military vehicles including airplanes. In the 40s both Ford and Willys MB (which later became Jeep) manufactured what we would call a Jeep.
7rKaZ TIL High School boys had to swim in the nude in schools across America until 1970
9wEYD TIL In September 1730 in India, 363 men, women, and children were killed while trying to peacefully protect a grove of Khejri trees which were sacred to them from being chopped down. Due to the sacrifice of the protesters, the ruler took back his earlier order of felling trees.
6E8N8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II is related to her husband, the King of Norway, the King of Spain, the King of Sweden, the Queen of Denmark and was also related to the Romanovs. All thanks to Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren marrying all over Europe.