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TIL that Oxford University is so old that no one really even knows when it was founded.

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ZkND TIL the “Pillars of Creation” have already been destroyed by a cosmic explosion, but the remains will not be visible to us for another 1,000 years.
D10bJ TIL in 2001, a baby bear, lion, and tiger were rescued from a drug dealers house in Atlanta. They had bonded as a trio and remained friends for over 15 years. Usually as animals grow older, they grow apart from other species, but these three remained close and even lived in the same habitat.
GYkx5 TIL that the FAX machine was invented the same year as the great migration on the Oregon Trail began
5Yy88 TIL that Argentina is the country that consumes the most soda every year, with 155 liters per person per year.
dPeB TIL The Kansas State Marching Band did a formation that looked like a phallic object was entering the mouth of South Dakota’s mascot, resulting in a fine and a game suspension of Kansas State’s director of bands.