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TIL During the Carnian Pluvial Event, it is believed that Earth experienced a period of intense rainfall that lasted for approximately 1 to 2 million years, significantly altering the climate and ecosystems of the time. This event contributed to the rise of dinosaurs and the extinction of many other

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NX7n6 TIL On 21 April 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, better known as ‘The Red Baron’, was shot and killed while flying over Morlancourt Ridge near the Somme River, and that he was honored by those that killed him.
VBOQQ TIL the first mass-produced bicycle for women was called the Ladies’ Psycho
OG6ea TIL that though Samoa and American Samoa are only a few hundred miles apart, the islands are 24 hours apart on calendar
p7QA TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s birth name is Yuri Irsenovich
DQoPv TIL Belgian authorities destroyed over 2,300 cans of an American beer branded as ‘The Champagne of Beers’ because the beer’s slogan was considered a misuse of the term “Champagne”, which is legally protected and reserved exclusively for the sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France.