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TIL Flowering plants first appeared 15 million years after the Jurassic period ended

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9YNOm TIL Despite owning the patent, Volvo made the three-point seat belt design free for other manufacturers to use in order to increase its adoption and save lives
NXQJE TIL in 2014 Meryl Streep attacked Walt Disney for being “a bigot” while presenting the Best Actress award to Emma Thompson for “Saving Mr. Banks”, a Disney film about Walt Disney. Streep referenced a rejection letter in 1938 from Disney informing a female applicant that “girls are not considered”.
b6JAp TIL about NDPH (New Daily Persistent Headaches) a condition that can happen to an individual who doesn't have a past history of chronic headaches and then develops a new-onset headache which lasts more than 3 months.
ZpEgG TIL that the famous sculpture "The Thinker" was cast in 1904. I had always figured it was from the Renaissance at earliest, maybe even ancient Rome or Greece.
Dllr TIL: Libya’s most potent warlord and commander of its armed forces is a US Citizen