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TIL the Ozone layer is healing and is expected to do a full recovery by 2060.

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9Y5Rp TIL In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death
yQARa TIL that there is a tradition in the United States Senate in which a Senator keeps a desk full of candy
wL8nE TIL there are 31 different American cities with a larger population than the state of Wyoming.
OG8Ka TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery
BryLK TIL the Haya People of Tanzania have been forging steel for over 2000 years. Investigation of their land led to the discovery of ancient furnaces that were then carbon dated and found to be around 2000 years old.