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TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees

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MeBGW TIL a woman in Utah kept her dead husband in a freezer for ten years so she could collect his veteran's benefits. He left a notarized note saying she hadn't killed him.
MeLQB TIL of Semantic Satiation: the psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds.
XEjPE TIL that figure skater Kevin Reynolds performed his solo routine for the 2016 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships to the song "Tank!," which is famous as the theme song to Cowboy Bebop. Reynolds performed the routine dressed as lead Bebop character Spike.
d8B9j TIL that in Babylonian mythology, Enli ,god of Storms and winds, flooded the world because humans were making too much noise and disturbing his sleep.
GMyE TIL in 1959 Nils Bohlin developed the 3 point seat belt for Volvo. To save lives, Volvo opened up the patent. It is believed today the seat belt has saved over 1 million lives.