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TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees

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XE19D TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside of Japan
nWrbG TIL cleaning paintings to conserve or restore them frequently destroys the original artwork - including works by Michaelangelo and Da Vinci
9YN8G TIL in 1955, attempting to stand out as a journalist, Dan Rather did heroin and documented his experience.
m1KmP TIL the English word for Trombone used to be Sackbut
R7JY4 TIL that Dolly Parton, as a child slept in a urine soaked bed with several siblings, going on to add in this 1986 interview: “I’ve been aware of sex all my life. I enjoy sex, yeah all my life. Well I mean I got six brothers and cousins and you know all the sisters, kids are curious”