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TIL there is a 145-million-year-old body of seawater beneath Chesapeake Bay

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vBKL TIL at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the winners received valuable works of art instead of gold medals
wooaP TIL all of Oklahoma's "Unassigned Lands" were settled in one day. At high noon on April 22, 1889, approx. 50k settlers lined up, and a starting gunshot was fired. They raced chaotically to claim the lands (taken back from Indigenous tribes), and by the end of the day, nearly 2M acres were claimed
4kXnX TIL that, for 25 years, "Goodnight Moon" wasn't carried at the New York Public Library because it was hated by the children's librarian.
MeE98 TIL The moon, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury and would be classed as a planet if it were orbiting the Sun rather than Jupiter.
gMEBX TIL that Lady Gaga has been named godmother to Elton John and husband David Furnish’s baby son Elijah. The pop singer is already the godmother to John and Furnish’s two-year-old, Zachary, and the couple were so impressed with her guidance that they doubled down on Gaga’s godmother duties.