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TIL the Roanoke colony was never “lost”.

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WkK8 TIL the coldest known place in the Universe is on Earth. Scientists have created condensates predicted by Einstein, that are cooled 810 trillionths of a degree F above absolute zero.
R4ja TIL In 1972 Lyle Snider, a Quaker who didn’t want his tax dollars going to fund war, was arrested for claiming 3 billion dependents, the population of the Earth, on his W-4 form. Snider was charged with filing a false and fraudulent withholding form, and sentenced to 9 months in prison.
gM7Ab TIL about the crab spider which can change colour to match the flower it waits on to ambush its prey.
840L TIL The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was heavily damaged after destroying a Japanese aircraft carrier during the first carrier battle in history. After 48 hours of emergency repairs, it ended up helping destroy two more carriers before being sunk, and inadvertently saved the other US carriers.
x6v9B TIL a 𐕣 (inverted cross or upside down cross) symbol is also called the Cross of Saint Peter aka The Petrine Cross and is interconnected with the Vatican’s pope papacy prophecy from the Origen of Alexandria found in the "Martyrdom of Peter" dating from circa 200 A.D.