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TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees
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TIL The Fibonacci sequence can be used to model an amazing variety of phenomena in mathematics, science, art and nature. It can be found in computer algorithms and seen in the branching of trees, or the spirals of a conch shell or a galaxy, but no one can really explain why.
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TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.
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TIL that the future King Henry V of England took an arrow in the face at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403), fighting beside his father when he was only 16 years old. Despite the terrible wound, he kept fighting and later recovered. Turns out he was a badass long before invading France.
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TIL A long-closed car dealership, was holding onto a bunch of Brand-New 1950’s era cars with 1-2 miles on them. Some protected with plastic!
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TIL That high self-esteem has no impact or very little impact on a person's success.