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TIL There are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written

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pYd14 TIL the Holidays with Pay Act 1938 took trade unionists, politicians and ordinary Britons 20 years of advocacy before the legislation was passed
awBg9 TIL Science shows that the Egg came first, not the Chicken. 1. The first egg was laid by a bird that was not a chicken. 2. The first amniotic (hard-shelled) egg laid on land was around 312 million years ago. Chickens are domesticated descendants of red junglefowl from at most 8000 years ago.
J1d88 TIL After his death John Belushi was found to have 26 recent needle marks in his arm
OGoeY TIL that while a majority of nations call the country “Finland”, the Finnish people refer to their country’s name as “Suomi” instead.
oJjL TIL “47 Ronin” Starring Keanu Reeves was the biggest box office flop in history. Losing over $149 million, enough to put universal deep in the red in 2013.