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TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees

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NXPe TIL a supply specialist in the Korean War didn’t know the code word for mortar rounds and sent crates full of Tootsie Rolls to Marines in need of mortar rounds
Mebeb TIL that most people (60%) are lactose intolerant.
pYlEe TIL Kevin Costner was developing a sequel to The Bodyguard starring Princess Diana as herself, but the project was scrapped after her death.
nWWbo TIL that Coca-Cola only averaged 9 bottles per day in it's first year, despite now selling 1.8 billion per day
Z8EnQ TIL During the Cold War, Chairman Mao brought up the idea China could give the US 10 million of its female citizens as a gift. Henry Kissinger replied by calling the idea a "novel proposition."