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

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eVd6 TIL a pilot landed a F-15 with only one wing left.
jNVZE TIL that in 1946, a trapped moth caused a malfunction in the early computer which resulted in the term 'bug' to be coined for all software errors.
PY7Ow TIL George Washington is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer in history. No matter how many stars other generals are awarded, Washington is understood to have one more. He is currently a 6-star general.
GAN4G TIL the sun takes 225m Earth years to make one full orbit around the centre of The Milky Way. This is called the galactic year.
Wkv0B TIL Irish people originally had black hair. Red hair genes come from Vikings who settled in the 8th to 11th Centuries.