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TIL that in 1835 the American newspaper “The Sun” published several articles about the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The articles described bison, goats, unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids living there who built temples

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e0VA6 TIL that Eddie Vedder wrote the song "Jeremy" because he thought it was important to give meaning to the actions of Jeremy Wade Delle, a high school student who shot himself in front of his English class in 1991.
4XRVR TIL according to studies, when men and women are "just friends", on average men think the woman is still romantically interested in them, and on average women think the men are strictly just friends.
R5V18 TIL up until the late '80s, gin rummy tournaments flourished, drawing as many as 400 competitors. Even nongamblers have heard of the World Series of Poker, but few outside the gin rummy community know annual gin tournaments currently award hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money.
mxAo TIL There is a verifiable population of kangaroos living in the wild in the township of Émancé, about an hour outside of Paris.[2] The kangaroos are descended from a breeding population which escaped during a botched burglary attempt at an animal park in the 1970s.
v1orK TIL a science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students was crowned the world’s best teacher in 2019 and awarded a $1,000,000 prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries