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TIL There are fossilized plants over 4500 feet beneath the ice sheet in Greenland

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19l7 TIL Genetic study points to Indigenous Australians as the oldest continuous society on Earth
mxm6p TIL that a group of orcas (aka killer whales) will attack an adult blue whale, simply for their own entertainment. They have virtually no chance of killing it, nor do they really try.
kJ5Ze TIL that Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crimson wrote his first song "Lucky Man" at the age of twelve. Twelve years later in 1970 it charted in multiple countries and is still in heavy rotation on Classic Rock stations today
p7Kp TIL A retiring boss in Ann Arbor gave each of his employees $1000 for every year they worked for him.
oRYDR TIL Halestorm started as a Christian rock band whose tours focused on encouraging teens to avoid sex and drugs