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TIL Earth's oldest land ecosystem was spotted in South African rock cores

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gbaW TIL that the English word “much” and the Spanish word “mucho” are not related at all, despite having similar definitions. “Much” comes from Proto-Germanic “mikilaz”, while “mucho” from Latin “multum”. Their similar appearance is a complete coincidence.
7rj7X TIL in 2002 an Internet geolocation service began using 38,-97, located in Kansas, as the default coordinates for all IPs it was unable to find. This led to a rural farm getting harassed by incompetent law enforcement investigators, doxxers, and Internet crackpots.
JYAD1 TIL Before it was declared a public domain in 2016, Warner/Chappell has been collecting an estimated $2 million annually from people who use the "Happy Birthday" song, mainly in creative works like movies and television shows.
QNNge TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.
VBrdm TIL that in Idaho, starting July 2026, The default method of execution will be firing squad