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TIL That memories of an event are actually just us recalling what we remembered last time, not the event itself.

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KO9R6 TIL that Ireland’s population still hasn’t recovered from the Great Famine. There are 3.6 million less people living there today than there were before the famine in 1841.
0dweN TIL Queen ants can live for 15 to 30 years and worker ants (female)up to 1-3 years. Male ants though - only a few weeks!
MeN1m TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
PYGaE TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".
68BQ TIL That America has 19 aircraft carriers. Compared to the rest of the worlds combined 12.