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TIL The Wild West only lasted around 30 years.

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EggoX TiL of the existence of the "Prado" Mona Lisa, a copy of the famous work believed to have been painted by one of Da Vinci's students simultaneously as Da Vinci painted the original.
WkQPo TIL Six Flags is named for the six flags of sovereignty that have flown over Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America.
nwYd TIL that there Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
NX4jJ TIL the first domesticated cattle were in Iran 10,000 years ago, and most cattle today are descendants of only 80 cows.
V0dD TIL a man murdered his coworker over an 18-year old girl he’d met online. It was later discovered the girl was actually a middle-aged woman who’d used her daughter’s identity to fool the two men