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TIL the Philippines consists of 7,641 islands

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e0o7k TIL: in 1983 a massive landslide in Utah dammed the Spanish Fork river, creating "Thistle Lake" and flooding the town of Thistle, UT under about 200 feet of water. The town had to be evacuated and is a ghost town today.
rNY4x TIL Plant milks are over 1000 years old. Peoples in North America and North Africa separately developed legumes, beans, and nuts, based mixtures resembling milk since before 1000CE. The English description of these mixtures as 'milks' dates back to 1200 CE.
yEnw TIL A soldier once returned from deployment to find his wife had died and his young children had starved to death.
6KBW TIL the world’s oldest known creature, a 507 year old clam, was mistakenly killed by scientists.
DNJv TIL there’s an annual lying competition in England, and competitors from around the world have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing lie they can. Politicians and lawyers are banned from entering because they’re thought to be too good at it.